DJ Jubilee may not be a household name...Yet, but elements of his New Orleans-based energetinc bounce music can be heard in songs from artists like Master P, Magic, and Juvenile. In fact, Juvenile's smash hit "Back That Azz Up" was a remake of DJ Jubilee's independently released version. In addition, "Wobble Wobble" the winter sizzler by No Limit's 504 Boyz, was also ripped from an earlier version of a Jubilee lyric.

"A lot of them are using bounce music now, because they hear it in the streets. It's the hottest thang in New Orleans, Jubilee says. "They're taking pieces. That's pretty stuff. I don't hold no grudges against nobody."

Dubbed the King Of Bounce, Jubilee has created hundreds of dances by inciting the crowds who attend his parties to "wobble it" "shake it like a sissy:, and "walk it like a dog."

Born Jerome Temple and reared in the Uptown section's infamous St. Thomas projects, Jub began his musical career while pursuing a bachelor's degree at Grambling State University in Georgia. For extra income he deejayed at house parties. But when Earl Mackie and Henry "The Man" Holden, the respective co-owner and in-house producer of the New Orleans indie rap and bounce lable Take Fo' Records, heard DJ Jubilee rap at a high school dance in 1993, his life changed drastically. With Jube's infectious chants and call and response lyrics over the booty shaking music, Earl Mackie and Henry Holden knew they had found a star.

"He didn't want to be a rapper; he was a DJ. He pretty much stubled into the business," says Earl Mackie. "We might have hounded him for at least a month, trying to twist his arm to get him in the studio." Finally, DJ Jubilee signed with Take Fo' and released his local dance classic, "Jubilee All (Stop Pause)," in 1993.

"Jubilee is like a phenomenon, man," says Wild Wayne, a WQUE radio jock. "Now every year he comes out with a hit without fail. You can count on that new release, to rock the party or the club." DJ Jubilee has paved the way for acts like Will Puckett, Katey Red and other Take Fo' artists to break through, selling more than 400,000 units.

Hoping to ride some of Take Fo's momentum and cash in on the growing New Orleans sound, Tommy Boy Records signed DJ Jubilee in 1998. But an album never materialised, and DJ Jubilee was released from his contract. "We look forward to doing it nationally and hopefully sooner than later internationally, and showing the rest of the country and the world what we can do," says Take Fo' director of A&R Lawerence "Poochie" Mackie. "A lot of the national labels would call, but they wouldn't have the proper amount of respect for what we have done."

However, that doesn't mean that DJ Jubilee's music career has slowed down. For 6 years, he has been splitting his time between teaching special-education classes and survival skills to a mildly handicapped student at Harvey, La's West Jefferson High School and coaching football at his alma mater, Walter L. Cohen High School. Last year, the original Mr. Wobble Wobble was voted "Outstanding Coach Of The Year" as his team made the play-offs for the first time in 28 years. And on weekends, the edutainer volunteers as a coach for preteen teams at the New Orleans Recreation Departmend. "You got to separate me from all of the rest of the reappers" DJ Jubilee says. "My career is teaching school and coaching high school sports. Doing the music is a hobby on the side."

But well-respected DJ Jubilee still keeps party people jingling in New Orleans clubs. His third solo album, "King Of Bounce", is due early this year. Take Fo' is the No. 1 Bounce label, Jubilee says. "We goin' bounce till we drop, till it falls off. Till it can't bounce no more". And with the way that DJ Jubilee pumps out the quality of beats, it's going to be a long while before that happens.