Karina Toliver better known as DJ Lazy K would find herself in Spain, Switzerland before winding up in New York and falling in love with music specialy DJING, her career spanning more than a decade collaborating with industry legends and heavy hitters like The Roots, Jay Z, Kanye West… Her career started when she began making mix tapes for personal use and participating in the traditional path of DJ competitions, battles, throwing parties and moonlighting late nights at local New York clubs.

Making the decision to jump in head first into a male-dominated field, winning the support and respect of her hard-bitten male peers with successfully battling against 28 male DJ’s Winning best female DJ (four times – including her latest in 2005), “Best Female DJ” from Atlantic Records, Big Beat Records for the Mix Tape awards, first place in the Universal Zulu Nation Battle-DJ/ MC Clash. Including; being featured on MTV Jams, MTV Beat Suite producing songs for artists.