Born and raised in Memphis, Bryan Roberson, known as Yo Breezye, has always been building something. DJ, photographer, curator, practicing filmmaker. He’ll tell you himself he does a little bit of everything.
“I think I would consider myself a cultural curator. I do a little bit of everything. DJ, curate events, tell stories through content. Yeah. A practicing filmmaker.”
He returned to Memphis in 2021 and got back to work. DJing took a back seat for a minute, until it didn’t.
“I didn’t probably really start getting back into my DJ bag until ’24. And especially ’25.” Now he’s back in full force running his own event series Yo Breezye and Friends alongside everything else he has in motion.
The scene is opening up and he’s paying attention.
“Now we’re having spaces like Swamp Bar, Cameo, and these smaller bars that are providing spaces for DJs to be creative and be DJs.”
This past weekend, Breezye took the stage at RiverBeat, his first real festival moment, and it meant something bigger than the set itself.
“It’s a big festival and it’s in Memphis and I feel like me and other DJs are starting now to get recognized by these larger organizations. So for Riverbeat and Mempho to reach out, it’s like okay, people are taking some notice. So it’s pretty dope.”
Photo from Summer Soulstice 2025 | Taken by @jbendr93/Jalen Jones
“You’re gonna see a lot more DJ-hosted events where it’s not a club or the bar putting it on, but it’s gonna be a DJ putting it on or a collective of DJs. It’s giving the power back to the creative side.”
That shift means more people who wouldn’t normally go out are going to start showing up because they rock with a specific DJ or collective, not just a venue. For Breezye, that’s not just a prediction. It’s already the plan, and with Yo Breezye and Friends he’s been building toward exactly that kind of moment.
Memphis gave him the foundation. Now he’s helping shape what comes next.
