An Interview with Buddy Esquire “The Flyer King”
Winter of 2010 Introduction by Sureshot La Rock. It’s no secret the birth of hip hop was sparked by a desire for New York’s inner city youth to lift their voices above the noise of their environment and be heard by the rest of society. It started with the DJs — Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash, Breakout, Bambaataa, Flowers, Pete DJ Jones, and Hollywood. Then MCs entered the game forming crews like the legendary Cold...
An Interview with B-Fats “Woppit”
Interviewed Winter of 2008 Troy- Thank you for giving me your time today. B- Fats- No problem. Thank you also. Troy- First things first where were you born and raised? B- Fats- I was born in El Peso Texas. I was raised in Wilmington North Carolina. When I was about 10 years old my family moved to Harlem New York. The first place we moved to was 304 7th avenue. Drew Hamilton projects is where we ended up which was right across the...
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Lady B
Lady B is widely considered a hip-hop pioneer in Philadelphia. She graduated from Overbrook High School. Wendy Clark began spinning hip-hop records on WHAT 1340 AM in 1979 and solidified the hip-hop community in Philly. Starting out, fresh out of high school, hanging out at Kim Graves (Philly’s top night club at the time) she befriended the late great DJ, Lawrence Levan. She would pick up the mic and mock Darryl Dawkins and Lloyd...
