I am always nervous when I perform. I always have some sense of like ‘man, what am I doing up here.’ I’m going to suck. Ughh… this is going to be awful.

John would not be a DJ. John needs Esquire in order to be a DJ. John would prefer to listen to music on his iPod and be in his own world. Esquire would want to be on the stage.

The Esquire came about in college. I was working at a law firm, And actually, it came to me in a dream one night. I was on stage performing in my dream and I heard the name Esquire chanted in the background and that’s how it stuck.

In the beginning, I was really unsure of what this would become so I didn’t know if this was going to be like just a hobby that John was into before this whole new persona was invented but it’s now become bigger than that.

This competition is the beginning of the 2013 DMC Battleground.

I really wanted to win last year, like that’s all I wanted to do was win this competition and I got second and I was totally disappointed.

I want this really bad. This year, I feel like my attitude is just a little bit shifted. I feel like a little more comfortable about my confidence.

MC: Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention. I have all the results. This was a very close battle between first and second. Now the 2013 Hartford Champion… DJ Esquire from Brooklyn.

If I was doing anything but this I would be very unhappy. I have no regrets about any decision to make this my life.

John Chavies, 35, likens himself to the nutty professor. One minute he’s a soft-spoken guy who loves Charlie Brown, the next, he’s a fierce competitor who will not be afraid to go to extremes on stage. John – also known as DJ Esquire – is battling to compete in this year’s DMC competition to compete on the world stage. But as much as he loves the limelight and what he does, John also wants to settle down and have a family. He explores the possibility of doing both.

Esquire quit his 9-5 job at HBO a couple years after to college to pursue the 5-9 game. He hasn’t looked back since. He’s been on the world stage before, performing in London, but he wants to compete on it once again. Last year, he missed getting his chance when he landed second place at the Hartford, CT competition. This year, he’s ready to make it.