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Justin Martin (DJ)

musical artist

Correspondence, annotated notebooks and portrait silhouettes prepared for research
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ39070244 ↗
Source-derived summary

Justin Martin (born April 20, 1979) is an American DJ and record producer, based in San Francisco.

Career

The first release on Dirtybird was The Southern Draw EP by Justin Martin and Sammy D.

Martin released his sophomore album on April 20, 2016, via Dirtybird Records.

Editorial summary

“Justin Martin (DJ)” enters the record as musical artist. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Justin, Martin and musical can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1979, 2016—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1979-04-20. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Justin, Martin and musical.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Justin Martin (DJ)” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Justin, Martin and musical provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q39070244. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1979 and 2016.

Critical limits

Public reputation and documentary evidence do not always develop together; absence from a summary is not evidence of historical absence. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Justin Martin (DJ)”, its source revision and the description used here.
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  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Justin Martin (DJ)”?
  2. How has the subject’s reputation changed across later accounts?
  3. Which claims depend on a single source or contested interpretation?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Justin Martin (DJ)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.