Our Team
Meet Our Team
Tired of the same School Assemblies? Our Dr.Cool and Pride Team to the rescue!
Nook EX - DJ Sunshine
Nook, The Entertainer X-traordinaire, comes from a highly decorated performance background. Nook has rocked more performances than he can count with an overpowering combination of his Dancing, MC’ing, and DJ’ing. He’s toured the country with artists like Bruno Mars and LMFAO.
As well as being an incredible entertainer, Nook teaches hip hop and bucket drumming classes throughout the city and suburbs of Chicago. Working with juvenile youth detention centers across the city is something he holds close to his heart. He comes from those same streets and wants to show all that you can achieve your dreams no matter where you come from.
Wesside - Pride
Has been in Music Videos for J.Moss, DJ Cassidy, Young Nero Music and on the TV Series
America Ninja Warriors and So You Think You Can Dance. He also has opened up concerts for LMFAO,
Ludacris, Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifia and more. He teaches hip hop at mutliple dance schools in the area.
Wesley “Wesside” Owens has been a professional entertainer for over a decade. He began his career in college at Indiana University and has since become a professional MC, Dancer, DJ, and all-around entertainer.
He’s been in music videos with multiple artists including J. Moss, DJ Cassidy, and Young Nero and has also been on the TV series’ American Ninja Warrior and So You Think You Can Dance. Wesley has opened up concerts for artists like LMFAO, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, Mike Posner and more. He loves to entertain and also teaches hip hop at several dance schools around the Chicago area.
Jeff Bizar - Dr. Cool
Jeff started his DJ company in his parent’s basement. Six months later, his girlfriend, Amy, passed away. While he built his business, he created an assembly program in her memory starring live action heroes Dr. Cool and Pride – who use their musical superpowers to teach kids how to live their best life.
Outside of school assemblies, Jeff created, wrote, executive produced and starred in a national television show – The Big Show with Dr. Cool and Pride – which aired on PBS stations in New York, Chicago, San Francisco and more.