The Click in it's original form came together beginning in the Summer of 1994 in Helena/West Helena, Arkansas. The original members of The Click were LaGanzie Kale, Houston Stackhouse III, Michael Blakely, Demarcus Foster, Tyrone Mason and Antoine Hayes. The original Click would meet at LaGanzie's house to play video games, especially Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter.
All of the original Click members attended Central High School in West Helena, Arkansas. It was there where The Click would begin their DJ careers.
Young Democrats, a student organization at Central, was trying to raise money to go to Washington, D.C. for the inauguration of Bill Clinton. One of the fundraisers they had was a beauty pageant. LaGanzie was asked to be in charge of the music since he had knowledge of electronics.
Around the same time period this was going on, a group of students at Central were organizing a party. The name of the group was Outkast, in which D.J. Mystachoo (more on how he got mixed in all this later) is a founding member. They had approached a guy named Darren Humphries to D.J. the party.
Darren had one problem, he didn't have enough equipment to do the party. LaGanzie had Spanish class with Darren and overheard him talking about the party and his dilemma. He offered to help him out with the party. One thing about The Click is that if one
member gets involved in a project, they're all involved in it. So LaGanzie, Darren, Mike and Stack (Stack III of K.I.P.R. Power 92 in Little Rock)
started working on getting their stuff together to D.J. the party.
It was decided that LaGanzie would be in charge of the equipment, again since he had the technical knowledge. Stack wanted to be the one in charge of playing the music, and since at the time, he knew the most about what songs were popular, that is what he did. Mike and Darren, got in where they fit in.
Needless to say, that Outkast Party never came to pass. But the beauty pageant did. Using equipment borrowed from Mr. Burton, then
Central High Choir director, two CD players, and two tape decks, The Click began D.J.ing. The pageant was a success and they got the crowd crunk.
The year 1995 saw Central High attain a J.R.O.T.C. To celebrate, they wanted to have a party, but because they just started, they were
low on money and needed someone to D.J. the party cheap. So a girl named Angela Watson suggested that The Click be the D.J.'s. So one cold night in November 1995, they had their first actual party. Again, it was a success and the crowd loved the music they played. They were an instant hit, and they started doing parties all over Helena and West Helena. Soon they wound up in places like Brinkley and
Marvell. (All in Arkansas)
The original Click parted ways in the fall of 1996 as they graduated high school and were moving on with their lives. Michael and LaGanzie went to Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Darren the year before had moved to Ohio never to be heard from again. Stack stayed behind in Helena. Stack got a job at KCLT/KAKJ Delta Force II (Now Delta Force 3) and became one of it's most popular D.J.'s
ever. He would then move to Little Rock to become one of Power 92's The Bad Boyz and become one of Little Rock's most well known D.J.'s.
At Arkansas State, it seemed at first that it may have been a while before The Click would get a chance to do any D.J.ing. They
were under the impression that to do any parties there, you had to be Greek, since the Greeks had all of the parties. They did manage to get one small gig their first semester there. It was a Halloween party for the Student Activities Board.
LaGanzie and Mike went to the Alpha Phi Alpha homecoming party that year and talked to the D.J. He told us that he was graduating that year and that the Alphas would need a D.J. and that they were cool and to just talk to them. Since LaGanzie was considering pledging Alpha at the time, he figured he may be able to do something after all.
The Alphas had an interest meeting for those interested in joining. LaGanzie attended that meeting and brought up the fact that he
would like to D.J. for them one day. They were receptive to the idea and asked him to meet with them again to discuss it. LaGanzie and Mike met with them and a few days later, they got a phone call. It was from Rickey Jackson, who was Chapter
President at the time. Rickey asked would we be interested in doing their whole week.
They couldn't believe it. They thought that their first party would be a small gathering so that the Alphas could see if they were any good, and they ended up getting the whole week. LaGanzie called up a friend of his and told her about it, and she thought he was lying. After all, The Click were just freshman being asked to take on such a task. This also would be LaGanzie and Mike's first set of parties D.J.ing by themselves. There was no Stack to tell them what to play and when.
The first gig The Click did for the Alphas during Alpha week was the Miss Black and Gold Pageant. It was on a Tuesday night. Then that
Thursday, they did a 70's party. Finally the weekend came. It was the debut of The Click at Arkansas State. Soon LaGanzie and Mike would become the talk of the yard. They tried something new for these parties. They recorded music videos and played them during the party using big screen tv's. (Keep in mind this was in an era before flat screens and DVD players yet alone YouTube.)Alpha week was a huge
success. It was one of the crunkest weekends in recent memory at that time.
Mike and LaGanzie soon were approached by almost all the other Black Greek organizations on campus to do parties for them. And they were just two freshman, barely having enough hours to join one of these groups. That semester they also did AKA week, Delta week, and Kappa week. They also played for the football team and traveled to Osceola, Arkansas And The Click still was D.J.ing in
all the old areas they had DJ'd before.
One of the greatest performances The Click ever had was A Phi A Bout It Blast. It was LaGanzie's first party as an Alpha. His job in the Chapter was to organize and promote events. And promote he did. Bout It Blast started a tradition at Arkansas State as the crunkest party during the first week of school four years running. Over 500 people jammed packed the Pavilion on campus for a party that was hype "to the windows...................to the walls............ain't nothing but an Alpha ball (well not a ball, but it rhymes for purposes of chanting.) that's all, that's all!"
Bout It Blast was also Alexander Collier's first party at A.S.U. Alex (nickname Choo) was Mike's roommate. Choo began to come
with The Click to parties that they DJ'd and even helped set up equipment. Choo developed an interest in D.J.ing and slowly began to learn all about it.
Choo didn't sound like the name of a D.J. so LaGanzie recommended that his D.J. name be Mystachoo. He liked it, and Mystachoo was born.
1998 marked 25 years of Alpha Phi Alpha and Alpha Kappa Alpha on Arkansas State's campus. To celebrate, both organizations teamed
up to have a party at Rollin J's Skate Arena in Jonesboro for homecoming. This party would mark the reunion of The Click with Stack III coming down from Little Rock as the featured D.J.
The now infamous party ended with a botched bomb threat that caused fights, damage, injuries, and police from a 100 mile radius
to be summoned to the party. The incident was broadcast on statewide TV.
Mystachoo's first party as a solo D.J. was for Men of Distinction on December 4, 1998. M.O.D. was the mentoring group that Alpha
Phi Alpha had created. His performance was met with mixed reviews. But LaGanzie was proud of him and knew he would get better.
The Click continued to get more gigs, even traveling to Texarkana, Texas to do a Greek Show.
The year of 1999 would see Mystachoo step up and have a prominent role in DJ'ing. A Phi A Rowdy Friday would be Mike's last gig as a Click DJ.
The year of 2000 not only brought along the dawn of a new millenium, but a new area for The Click. The Click would be DJing more events at Arkansas State. Some of these events were the Welcome Week and Springfest. The Click
also traveled to Pine Bluff and Fayetteville, Arkansas.
A new member of The Click would come to prominence in 2001. Kevin Mosely, Mystachoo's best friend, began
to come along with the other Click members.
The Click's DJ career would forever be changed on October 6, 2001. Alpha Phi Alpha was having a party at the ASU Pavilion following the football game with Ole Miss (The University of Mississippi). Mystachoo was the DJ. A huge fight broke out. It was rumored that
a police officer was assaulted and others were injured. Regardless, this prompted Arkansas State to halt all parties by Black Greek organizations. With the party scene at ASU shut down, someone needed to step up to fill the void.
The Click would fill that void. On November 17, 2001, The Click would orchestrate the return of parties to the skating rink, which was under newmanagement. The party was very successful and The Click hosted parties there every month until February 2005 with attendance ranging from 400-1200 people and they were the best parties at ASU.
The Click has continued to expand it's membership. The Fall 2002 semester would see the additions of Leon Smith, Will Woods, Sr. ,Edward Toolie, Felishia Hogans, Sharon Ralston, and Trista Blakely to The Click. Bobby Sykes Jr. would join in Fall 2003 and in the Spring of 2004, Fert Keith III, Jarvis McGinnis, Daniel Bennett, Micah Rollin, and Ray Dixon would become members of The Click. These men would be known as The Good Squad.
William Woods (DJ Sharkey/Sharkzilla) would form the Fraternal Order of Goons, an offshoot of The Click that promotes events in the community.
In the Fall of 2004, Worm, Cornell, Squirrel, and Bam Bam became members of The Click.
In 2005, Mystachoo founded Highly Motivated Records.
On July 4, 2007 The Click acquired The Stash Spot 3, located at 205 Plaza Street in Helena-West Helena. Due to the illness and death of LaGanzie's grandmother. The Stash Spot 3 was closed in May 2008.
On February 14, 2009, LaGanzie's dream of becoming a radio DJ would come true as he (As Kato 1-der) took over KCLT 104.9 Helena and KAKJ 105.3 Marianna Force 3's Saturday Night Get Right. LaGanzie also would become Assistant Program/Music director of Force 3.
On September 7, 2009, LaGanzie would begin "The 9-8-7 Houseparty" which airs on WNEV 98.7 Friars Point/Clarksdale Monday through Friday Nights. This program has allowed LaGanzie the opportunity to DJ at various venues in Mississippi.
In September 2009 Choo's Angels were created by the Guardian Angel (Sabrina Burke). Choo's Angels are a group of women who promote Mystachoo.us, and support Mystachoo. The Original Angels are The Guardian Angel (whose name was bestowed upon her by LaGanzie), The Intellectual Angel (Shawana Rollie) & The Dirty Lil Angel (Teniel Pace). Choo's Angels has now grown world wide with more than 35 Angels. For more on Choo's Angels visit www.mystachoo.us.
On January 4, 2010, Mystachoo.com was founded as a vehicle for Mystachoo to promote himself and Arkansas music. Mystachoo.com is now www.mystachoo.us .
On August 20, 2011, LaGanzie would return to Jonesboro and The Click would host “The One-Two Crunk Punch 7
On January 1, 2012, The Click would add a photo booth to its services at events. It must be noted that The Click has been taking pictures at events since 2000 and posting them online since 2003, before Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, and Instagram.
August 20th would also be the day that Michael Harrison aka DJ Mike G would become a member of The Click.
Beginning in the Fall 2012, Luda (now named The Throwback King) would begin his DJ career as a DJ/MC at Club Rozay in Forrest City, Arkansas.
AND WE'RE STILL MAKING HISTORY!
All of the original Click members attended Central High School in West Helena, Arkansas. It was there where The Click would begin their DJ careers.
Young Democrats, a student organization at Central, was trying to raise money to go to Washington, D.C. for the inauguration of Bill Clinton. One of the fundraisers they had was a beauty pageant. LaGanzie was asked to be in charge of the music since he had knowledge of electronics.
Around the same time period this was going on, a group of students at Central were organizing a party. The name of the group was Outkast, in which D.J. Mystachoo (more on how he got mixed in all this later) is a founding member. They had approached a guy named Darren Humphries to D.J. the party.
Darren had one problem, he didn't have enough equipment to do the party. LaGanzie had Spanish class with Darren and overheard him talking about the party and his dilemma. He offered to help him out with the party. One thing about The Click is that if one
member gets involved in a project, they're all involved in it. So LaGanzie, Darren, Mike and Stack (Stack III of K.I.P.R. Power 92 in Little Rock)
started working on getting their stuff together to D.J. the party.
It was decided that LaGanzie would be in charge of the equipment, again since he had the technical knowledge. Stack wanted to be the one in charge of playing the music, and since at the time, he knew the most about what songs were popular, that is what he did. Mike and Darren, got in where they fit in.
Needless to say, that Outkast Party never came to pass. But the beauty pageant did. Using equipment borrowed from Mr. Burton, then
Central High Choir director, two CD players, and two tape decks, The Click began D.J.ing. The pageant was a success and they got the crowd crunk.
The year 1995 saw Central High attain a J.R.O.T.C. To celebrate, they wanted to have a party, but because they just started, they were
low on money and needed someone to D.J. the party cheap. So a girl named Angela Watson suggested that The Click be the D.J.'s. So one cold night in November 1995, they had their first actual party. Again, it was a success and the crowd loved the music they played. They were an instant hit, and they started doing parties all over Helena and West Helena. Soon they wound up in places like Brinkley and
Marvell. (All in Arkansas)
The original Click parted ways in the fall of 1996 as they graduated high school and were moving on with their lives. Michael and LaGanzie went to Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Darren the year before had moved to Ohio never to be heard from again. Stack stayed behind in Helena. Stack got a job at KCLT/KAKJ Delta Force II (Now Delta Force 3) and became one of it's most popular D.J.'s
ever. He would then move to Little Rock to become one of Power 92's The Bad Boyz and become one of Little Rock's most well known D.J.'s.
At Arkansas State, it seemed at first that it may have been a while before The Click would get a chance to do any D.J.ing. They
were under the impression that to do any parties there, you had to be Greek, since the Greeks had all of the parties. They did manage to get one small gig their first semester there. It was a Halloween party for the Student Activities Board.
LaGanzie and Mike went to the Alpha Phi Alpha homecoming party that year and talked to the D.J. He told us that he was graduating that year and that the Alphas would need a D.J. and that they were cool and to just talk to them. Since LaGanzie was considering pledging Alpha at the time, he figured he may be able to do something after all.
The Alphas had an interest meeting for those interested in joining. LaGanzie attended that meeting and brought up the fact that he
would like to D.J. for them one day. They were receptive to the idea and asked him to meet with them again to discuss it. LaGanzie and Mike met with them and a few days later, they got a phone call. It was from Rickey Jackson, who was Chapter
President at the time. Rickey asked would we be interested in doing their whole week.
They couldn't believe it. They thought that their first party would be a small gathering so that the Alphas could see if they were any good, and they ended up getting the whole week. LaGanzie called up a friend of his and told her about it, and she thought he was lying. After all, The Click were just freshman being asked to take on such a task. This also would be LaGanzie and Mike's first set of parties D.J.ing by themselves. There was no Stack to tell them what to play and when.
The first gig The Click did for the Alphas during Alpha week was the Miss Black and Gold Pageant. It was on a Tuesday night. Then that
Thursday, they did a 70's party. Finally the weekend came. It was the debut of The Click at Arkansas State. Soon LaGanzie and Mike would become the talk of the yard. They tried something new for these parties. They recorded music videos and played them during the party using big screen tv's. (Keep in mind this was in an era before flat screens and DVD players yet alone YouTube.)Alpha week was a huge
success. It was one of the crunkest weekends in recent memory at that time.
Mike and LaGanzie soon were approached by almost all the other Black Greek organizations on campus to do parties for them. And they were just two freshman, barely having enough hours to join one of these groups. That semester they also did AKA week, Delta week, and Kappa week. They also played for the football team and traveled to Osceola, Arkansas And The Click still was D.J.ing in
all the old areas they had DJ'd before.
One of the greatest performances The Click ever had was A Phi A Bout It Blast. It was LaGanzie's first party as an Alpha. His job in the Chapter was to organize and promote events. And promote he did. Bout It Blast started a tradition at Arkansas State as the crunkest party during the first week of school four years running. Over 500 people jammed packed the Pavilion on campus for a party that was hype "to the windows...................to the walls............ain't nothing but an Alpha ball (well not a ball, but it rhymes for purposes of chanting.) that's all, that's all!"
Bout It Blast was also Alexander Collier's first party at A.S.U. Alex (nickname Choo) was Mike's roommate. Choo began to come
with The Click to parties that they DJ'd and even helped set up equipment. Choo developed an interest in D.J.ing and slowly began to learn all about it.
Choo didn't sound like the name of a D.J. so LaGanzie recommended that his D.J. name be Mystachoo. He liked it, and Mystachoo was born.
1998 marked 25 years of Alpha Phi Alpha and Alpha Kappa Alpha on Arkansas State's campus. To celebrate, both organizations teamed
up to have a party at Rollin J's Skate Arena in Jonesboro for homecoming. This party would mark the reunion of The Click with Stack III coming down from Little Rock as the featured D.J.
The now infamous party ended with a botched bomb threat that caused fights, damage, injuries, and police from a 100 mile radius
to be summoned to the party. The incident was broadcast on statewide TV.
Mystachoo's first party as a solo D.J. was for Men of Distinction on December 4, 1998. M.O.D. was the mentoring group that Alpha
Phi Alpha had created. His performance was met with mixed reviews. But LaGanzie was proud of him and knew he would get better.
The Click continued to get more gigs, even traveling to Texarkana, Texas to do a Greek Show.
The year of 1999 would see Mystachoo step up and have a prominent role in DJ'ing. A Phi A Rowdy Friday would be Mike's last gig as a Click DJ.
The year of 2000 not only brought along the dawn of a new millenium, but a new area for The Click. The Click would be DJing more events at Arkansas State. Some of these events were the Welcome Week and Springfest. The Click
also traveled to Pine Bluff and Fayetteville, Arkansas.
A new member of The Click would come to prominence in 2001. Kevin Mosely, Mystachoo's best friend, began
to come along with the other Click members.
The Click's DJ career would forever be changed on October 6, 2001. Alpha Phi Alpha was having a party at the ASU Pavilion following the football game with Ole Miss (The University of Mississippi). Mystachoo was the DJ. A huge fight broke out. It was rumored that
a police officer was assaulted and others were injured. Regardless, this prompted Arkansas State to halt all parties by Black Greek organizations. With the party scene at ASU shut down, someone needed to step up to fill the void.
The Click would fill that void. On November 17, 2001, The Click would orchestrate the return of parties to the skating rink, which was under newmanagement. The party was very successful and The Click hosted parties there every month until February 2005 with attendance ranging from 400-1200 people and they were the best parties at ASU.
The Click has continued to expand it's membership. The Fall 2002 semester would see the additions of Leon Smith, Will Woods, Sr. ,Edward Toolie, Felishia Hogans, Sharon Ralston, and Trista Blakely to The Click. Bobby Sykes Jr. would join in Fall 2003 and in the Spring of 2004, Fert Keith III, Jarvis McGinnis, Daniel Bennett, Micah Rollin, and Ray Dixon would become members of The Click. These men would be known as The Good Squad.
William Woods (DJ Sharkey/Sharkzilla) would form the Fraternal Order of Goons, an offshoot of The Click that promotes events in the community.
In the Fall of 2004, Worm, Cornell, Squirrel, and Bam Bam became members of The Click.
In 2005, Mystachoo founded Highly Motivated Records.
On July 4, 2007 The Click acquired The Stash Spot 3, located at 205 Plaza Street in Helena-West Helena. Due to the illness and death of LaGanzie's grandmother. The Stash Spot 3 was closed in May 2008.
On February 14, 2009, LaGanzie's dream of becoming a radio DJ would come true as he (As Kato 1-der) took over KCLT 104.9 Helena and KAKJ 105.3 Marianna Force 3's Saturday Night Get Right. LaGanzie also would become Assistant Program/Music director of Force 3.
On September 7, 2009, LaGanzie would begin "The 9-8-7 Houseparty" which airs on WNEV 98.7 Friars Point/Clarksdale Monday through Friday Nights. This program has allowed LaGanzie the opportunity to DJ at various venues in Mississippi.
In September 2009 Choo's Angels were created by the Guardian Angel (Sabrina Burke). Choo's Angels are a group of women who promote Mystachoo.us, and support Mystachoo. The Original Angels are The Guardian Angel (whose name was bestowed upon her by LaGanzie), The Intellectual Angel (Shawana Rollie) & The Dirty Lil Angel (Teniel Pace). Choo's Angels has now grown world wide with more than 35 Angels. For more on Choo's Angels visit www.mystachoo.us.
On January 4, 2010, Mystachoo.com was founded as a vehicle for Mystachoo to promote himself and Arkansas music. Mystachoo.com is now www.mystachoo.us .
On August 20, 2011, LaGanzie would return to Jonesboro and The Click would host “The One-Two Crunk Punch 7
On January 1, 2012, The Click would add a photo booth to its services at events. It must be noted that The Click has been taking pictures at events since 2000 and posting them online since 2003, before Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, and Instagram.
August 20th would also be the day that Michael Harrison aka DJ Mike G would become a member of The Click.
Beginning in the Fall 2012, Luda (now named The Throwback King) would begin his DJ career as a DJ/MC at Club Rozay in Forrest City, Arkansas.
AND WE'RE STILL MAKING HISTORY!