Big deal: Scratch Track’s DJ Lee on NBC’s “Deal or No Deal” tonight

When you talk about “deals” and “bands” in the same sentence, you’re usually discussing record deals. But last September 11, Scratch Track was in L.A. for a different kind of deal — the NBC game show Deal or No Deal.

DJ Lee, one half of the hip hop act, made it his mission to get on the show after catching an episode last summer in Michigan.

“I was like man, this show is just completely ridiculous,” he says. “All they do is just give away money. There’s no strategy or anything. I was thinking this could be a really good show for me to be on.”

As luck would have it, Lee had a friend who had a friend with connections to the show. That guy determined that Lee fit the bill for a good game show contestant — someone with a good heart, a good story, a great personality and a real need for the money.