Deadly Buda

[3] In 2005 part of his techno dance music collection was a notable acquisition of the US Library of Congress: Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.

[4] In 1985, Bevacqua chose the tag name “Buda” while doing a book report on Buddhism for a junior high school social studies class.

[5][6] He would frequently travel to New York City where he would meet and learn from graffiti artists at Henry Chalfant’s Soho studio at 64 Grand Street, like Tracy 168 and T Kid 170.

[10] On choosing the name "Deadly Buda", Bevacqua said that he wanted to capitalize on his graffiti notoriety, and at the same time sound like a kung-fu dj name like "Grandmaster Flash".

[5] DJ Deadly Buda's first appearance occurred on December 13, 1991 in West View, PA (a municipality in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area) at the Psychotronic Slack Rave, which he co-promoted with the Slacker clothing store.

The flyer for Hi-Voltage, which was drawn and written by Buda and also printed on T-shirts, contained the quote "Technology must be used to liberate the individual."

The DJ mix was the first ever to utilize a cryptocurrency blockchain (Musicoin) and its smart contracts to quickly pay (usually within seconds) the individual tracks and their artists.