Deejay

A Deejay [ di ː dʒeɪ ] is in the Jamaican sound system music a rap artist, similar to the rapper in the hip- hop music. Deejays inferior reggae instrumentals ( riddims ) with chant ( Toasting ). The concept of Jamaican deejays is therefore not identical with the DJs, so the spreader plate. Plays this role in a sound system selector.

History

Originally, the deejay was a kind of moderator of a sound system, announcing individual songs or the audience animated. Thus, the early deejay recordings are also in many cases nothing more than a spoken over a reggae instrumental text. Over time, it developed into an art form, which was also the precursor of the U.S. rap.

As Singjay be due to their melodic style often those Deejays called that often vary during her talk between recitative and the actual singing. Representatives of this style is for example Sizzla.

Litigation

In 2006, Armin Wirth, DJ and operator of Dance Electronic Shop for Disc Jockeys, prohibited by court order from the District Court of Leipzig, to use the word " Deejay " for advertising and marketing, in particular the representation and use of the word on websites and designation of audio / Hi- Fi products. A competitor had claimed to be the owner of all trademarks on the term " Deejay ". In a year-long process finally found the 14th Civil Senate of the Oberlandesgericht Dresden, that the term " Deejay " is free for general and may be used by anyone and everyone.