Polo tha Don

Kansas City’s jungle underground runs deeper than most people know, and Don PMS — known in the scene as Polo tha Don — is one of the reasons why. A DJ and selector rooted in the raw, rolling energy of jungle and drum & bass, he’s been holding it down in KC long before the genre started getting mainstream attention.

Representing the Funky Alien Family collective, Polo tha Don brings a crew mentality to everything he does — this isn’t solo DJ culture, it’s sound system culture. Built on community, built on the music, built on showing up for the scene consistently over years.

His connections run deep. Polo tha Don moves in circles adjacent to the legacy of Grandmaster TC Izlam — the New Haven-born pioneer who served as international spokesman for the Universal Zulu Nation and spent decades building the bridge between hip-hop and jungle, creating what he called “hipstep.” TC Izlam’s contribution was celebrated after his death in 2017 by hip-hop royalty including Kurtis Blow and Grand Mixer DXT. That lineage — hip-hop culture meeting bass music culture — is exactly the thread Polo tha Don carries forward in KC.

At Dub & Bud, he brings the jungle side of the clash. The heavy, rolling, bass-forward selections that connect the sound system tradition directly to the rave floor.