He met John Benitez at a house party, who inspired him interest in becoming a disc jockey.
Brad LeBeau, a disc jockey at Xenon Club, called Padilla and offered him a job there.
In 1989 Padilla moved to what was later known as South Beach in Miami, Florida, where he was offered the resident DJ spot at the Warsaw Ballroom, where he began gaining more recognition.
[5] Padilla's “The South Beach Experience” on the Ultra Records label was released on October 3, 2000.
[6] During the first week of December in 2012 Padilla suffered three successive strokes leaving him partially paralyzed.