10/01/2026
BABES WORLD DJ HIGHLIGHT - MO MAMI ❤️🔥
Mo Mami brings high-energy global rhythms, nostalgia, and the courage to experiment. Her creative intention is simple but profound: “the human essence is weird, so find it.”
Born and raised in Chicago’s Pilsen, Mo Mami carries the neighborhood’s soundscape into every set. Her teenage years brought her into the basements of the South and West Sides, where juke parties and footwork battles revealed a raw, cathartic freedom. Her style can be described as global bass, a practice of mapping electronic, bass driven sounds across continents and languages. She thinks of her sets as a globe in motion, progressively guiding dancers through Mexico, Southeast Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Chicago and beyond. Sometimes, people approach her with tears or smiles: “this was my mother’s favorite song.”
For her, that recognition is the core of DJing—speaking everyone’s language through rhythm and memory. Against a media landscape that vilifies the foreign, she insists on revealing commonalities as an act of connection and resistance. Beyond the decks, Mo Mami organizes Fever Dream, a Pilsen-based party centering q***r, femme, and BIPOC DJs rooted in worldwide underground sounds. She also served on the planning committee for Chicago’s city-funded House Music conference in 2024, helping shape
Beyond the Beat, a conversation on love, consent, and accountability on the dancefloor. 💃🏽🪩🕺🏼
Catch her set at Emporium Chicago on Friday, October 9th. She’s on from 11:30-1:30 am, don’t miss your chance to dance. 💫
