Michelle Rasul aims to become the first female DMC World Scratch Champion in London

The 14-year-old Dubai turntablist is the only woman in the Scratch finals. The championships run Nov 13–14.

Michelle Rasul, a 14-year-old turntablist from Dubai, heads to London for the 2026 Technics DMC World DJ Championships, EDM.com reports. She is the youngest competitor in the field, the outlet says. She is also the only woman listed in the Scratch category. In turn, that puts her in position to become the first female DMC World Scratch Champion.

Path to the DMC World Scratch finals

Rasul has already won two national scratch titles, EDM.com adds. She has also already played Tomorrowland and reached last year’s World Finals in Tokyo. “She’s a problem and only gonna get better,” Craze said on social media, according to EDM.com.

London weekend map

The official DMC tickets page frames the weekend across two days. First, Friday, Nov 13, hosts Battleground eliminations at THEATA, 8 Victoria Embankment, from 3:00 PM to 11:50 PM. Classic, Open, Scratch and Supremacy eliminations share that bill. DJ Craze and DJ Koco perform, and the day is all ages.

Then, Saturday, Nov 14, brings the World Finals at KOKO in Camden. The same four categories, including DMC World Scratch, reach their finals. In addition, the night includes a Hall of Fame segment. Headline performances list A-Trak, Skratch Bastid, JFB and Monie Love. The finals are 14+. Saturday start and end times are left out here, because the DMC and KOKO pages disagree.

Also on Saturday, an afterparty follows at Dingwalls from 9:00 PM to 3:00 AM, the DMC tickets page says. Featured names across the weekend further include Scratch Perverts and the UK All Stars.

Tickets are on sale now at dmcdjchamps.com/tickets. The official page is the source for Friday’s THEATA address and hours. Saturday finals hours are omitted because DMC and KOKO conflict.

Finally, EDM.com places the story in a wider turntablism frame. It notes that A-Trak won his world title in 1997 at 15, only a year older than Rasul is now. That detail is attributed to EDM.com alone.

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Sources: DMC World — tickets; DMC World event page; EDM.com, Jason Heffler, Nov 4, 2026

A generic scratching / turntablism craft shot from 2010 (file photo — not Michelle Rasul). Photo: 黃 zero / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)