DJ Hollywood 40th Anniversary Show on 10/5/12
DJ Hollywood, a true unsung hip hop pioneer, is celebrating 40 years in the game on October 5th. Kurtis Blow will also be in the house. Get there if you...
Lovebug Starski
Like his one time partner DJ Hollywood, there is little information around about this influential early hip hop legend. Growing up in the Bronx during the late 60’s and early 70’s, Kevin Smith worked with several local deejays in the area. In 1978, he became the house DJ at the Disco Fever (featured in the film Beat Street). He also deejayed at Harlem World, home to many famous MC battles of the time. Some say he coined...
DJ Smalls
DJ Smalls was known as the Son of DJ Hollywood, (similar to DJ Run being known as the son of Kurtis Blow). They performed together around ’77-81. At times he jammed with a couple of MC’s named Nasty T and MC Poo. He was part of The Marvelous 3 with Busy Bee and AJ Scratch. “Summertime Rap” was a hit on Dazz Records in 1981. Info submitted by Mark Skills and Mr. Ed Back to DJ’s...
DJ Hollywood
DJ Hollywood is widely considered one of the most underrated and most often forgotten of the hip hop legends. There is little information around about his involvement in the genre, but when you hear other old school artists talk about pioneers, Hollywood’s name is inevitably among the names mentioned. He was born in 1954. As a disco deejay in the early to mid 1970’s, he became one of the first people to rhyme over the...
