DJ Hollywood
DJ Hollywood ( born December 10, 1954 real name Anthony Holloway ) is a hip -hop DJ and MC and one of the pioneers of the genre. He or his former partner Lovebug Starski coined the term hip-hop.
Career
Hollywood began his musical career at the age of 14. After his first singing attempt in some groups, he resorted to DJing. In 1971 he put on Apollo Theatre and the Charles Gallery in Harlem. With advent of disco style, he first gained notoriety. He was in the 1970s one of the most popular artists of the old school hip hop and one of the first DJs who deliberately isolated passages from danceable songs. His mixes he put with different rhymes, the first rape, so to speak. Considered together with partners and competitors such as Kool Herc, King Tim the 3rd and Grandmaster Flash to the inventors of hip hop and counted for the first rapper. According to Grandmaster Flash, he was "one of the greatest solo rappers did what ever there ."
He is also considered a pioneer of Beatjuggling. He coined several rap phrases such as "Up my back and around my neck " and " Woo- Ha, got the girls in check", which were later used by other DJs. In the late 1970s he had a partner named DJ Smalls. The highlight of his career, he celebrated the end of the 1970s, when he appeared at the Apollo Theater regularly and with his sets has fueled the audience between the performances of other artists. His music has influenced, among others, Melle Mel, Kurtis Blow and the Sugar Hill Gang. However, he missed the opportunity to get a record deal in the early 1980. Although his single Shock, Shock the House appeared in 1980 on Epic Records, but while many of his companions made careers, DJ Hollywood career stagnated.
DJ Hollywood withdrew mid-1980 from the hip- hop scene, to fight his drug addiction. Later, he attempted a comeback and joined with his old partner Lovebug Starski Tha Veteranz and performed in New York and New Jersey.
Discography
Like many DJs of the 1970s and 1980s were DJ Hollywood's early works can not be found on disk. However, he sold in the early 1970s, some 8-track tapes in the context of his concerts.