D.J. Hazard，DJ Hazard was born in the Bronx, New York. He also lived in Astoria, Queens, New York and attended the High School of Art and Design in Manhattan. In 1979 DJ Hazard became one of the founding members of Boston's infamous Ding Ho Comedy Club, whose members included Steven Wright, Bobcat Goldthwait, Paula Poundstone and Denis Leary.