It's a Saturday night and hundreds of clubbers pack into the hottest venues to move to the beats of a woman who is taking over the DJ circuit. The crowd goes bananas when DJ Kayper, aka, Kaajal Bakrania, takes over the DJ booth. Watching her cousins DJ is what sparked Kayper's interest to get involved in the spinning circuit. Her determination is what got her hands on her brother's turntables at the young age of 12, when DJ Kayper honed her skills. When she went off to university, she entered the prestigious Vestax Juice DJ competition. Kayper was the first female to ever win the competition, and her career skyrocketed from there! Now, she travels all over the world, leaving a trail of global die-hard fans. DH! got an exclusive interview with this young girl, who discussed her phenomenal career and new mix tape, '2080's'!

DH!: DJ Jazzy Jeff was quoted as saying that you are the best female DJ he has ever seen. How did you get acquainted with him?

DJ Kayper: In University I used to do this club night called 'Ebonics'. I made it a point to book quality DJs, legends. People know that when I want something I find a way to get it, and I wanted to book Jazzy Jeff. I ended up booking him three times. He saw me DJ and he was curious about me. I never went hard in front of him because I wanted him to be the star and I wanted people to praise him. So, he didn't know that I scratched or did tricks on the turntables. He checked me out on Youtube and I guess he was impressed. After watching my video he said that I was the best female DJ he has ever seen!"

DH!: You have traveled all over the world at a young age. Tell us about your first gig overseas.

DJ Kayper: Greece was the first time I went abroad. I went to one of the Greek Islands. It was the first time I had been on a plane since holiday with my parents when I was ten and I didn't have a clue what to do. I went by myself and as soon as I walked in I didn't realize what was happening [because] I never deejayed abroad before. The club turned out to be about 2000 capacity. I walked into the club and my flight was delayed so I couldn't change! I had all kinds of people and lights, cameras around me and I didn't know what to do. This was the first club I deejayed at that was big! They had TV crews and all kinds of stuff.

DH!: Out of the different places you have traveled to, what is one of your recent favorites?

DJ Kayper: I went to Malaysia this year and that was pretty sick! They are so up for it all the time there. Sometimes when DJs go abroad, they think the crowd won't know the music or whatever, so that they should stick to the commercial stuff, but they were really upfront. They knew their stuff! That was recently one of my favorite places.

DH!: People tend to make a huge deal about the fact that you are a female DJ. How does that make you feel?

DJ Kayper: I think that it's a bit sad to be honest [because] I would have thought that at this point I've been doing it so long that it wouldn't be such a novelty, but it still is. But, it's nobody's fault. People need to get over it! I get so many phones calls to do things like 'all female night'. In fact, I got a phone call yesterday and the dude [said], "We're doing this tour and I saw you DJ the other day. I don't know if you remember, but I'd really like you to get involved. It's like an all girl DJ group thing'.  I'm like, "Come on, man, are you serious?" It's been like 13 years and...people asked me to do that 13 years ago. Alright, get over it now...girls DJ! It's not like football. It's not like you need a 'girl's league' and a 'boy's league'. People need to get over the whole girl DJ thing. DJs are DJs! Hopefully, they think that of me anyway.

DH!: People often associate you with hiphop. What are your thoughts about that?

DJ Kayper: Well, the thing is, everyone associates me with hiphop, but really I truly don't just consider myself just a hiphop DJ. I grew up listening to everything. Of course, hiphop is my first love, but I also grew up listening to 80s pop, new jack swing, drum and bass, UK garage and all these genres of music were around me. Maybe it's because the people I associate myself with or maybe it's because of my last mix tape, 'Bring Back Yo! MTV Raps' that makes everyone  associate me with just hiphop. That's one of the reasons I'm putting this mix tape out so people know I'm not just limited to hiphop. It's not that it's a bad thing that people often just associate me to hiphop, but I just want to show that I'm a little bit diverse and I can do other things."

DH!: So, what prompted you to focus on 80s pop anthems for your new project?

DJ Kayper: I wanted to reminisce about some of the stuff I was listening to when I was a kid. What I want people to get from the mix tape is that music is just music. The mix tape has 80s pop and...it's also got 80s electro and then 80s soul as well, but that to me is all pop music. I just wanted to mix it up and show people it does go together well, and that's why I did the mash up thing as well. Some people that may be too young  to know the tracks on the mix tape, but  at least they'll recognize the a cappella  because there all new a capella's of recent artists like Pitbull, and Nelly Furtado. They're going to recognize that because that's modern pop music and I'm just basically mixing it up with what I grew up listening to. It's kind of like a compromise between new stuff and the old stuff.

DH!: Is there a message you want to send out to our readers here at Desi Hits!?

DJ Kayper: Watch out for the next thing. Everything I do I kind of put a lot of work into. If you listen to my mix tapes...just know that whatever I put out, it's going to be quality and I'm going to put my all into it. Just keep checking my MySpace and Facebook if you want to find out what I'm doing and where I'm going to be.