Detroit, MI DJ, producer, rapper, and mixtape impresario DJ Clay got his start as a DJ at local house parties and by appearing on other Detroit hip-hop albums. Most of his work at parties was done under the aegis of Psychopathic Records, the home of and label founded by the city's notorious rap outfit the . 2006 would turn out to be the breakthrough year for Clay, when the DJ was invited by to perform as DJ on the F.T.F.O. tour. The collaboration on-stage was a hit, and Clay was asked to DJ the (and , the label's "supergroup") on all their upcoming tours. In addition to his work on-stage, Clay's recordings began to get noticed. Shifting his attention from Psychopathic to its in-house mixtape label, Hatchet House, DJ Clay released the first of his Let 'Em Bleed mixtapes in 2008. (His first mixtape, The W-E-R-O-B-U Mixtape, Vol. 1, was released in 2007 on A.R. Entertainment.) Vol.2 of the series was released later that same year. As a producer and contributor, DJ Clay appeared on five Psychopathic full-lengths, working with such artists as , , and .