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Grandmaster Caz
The roots of hip hop can be traced back to the South Bronx where a handful of influential artists created a sound revolution. Grandmaster Caz was in on the action at an early stage and his contribution to the music genre can be heard throughout music today. Caz created a sound unlike any other and worked with some of hip hop’s finest along the way.
Hip Hop’s granddaddy is a DJ by the name of Kool Herc. Born Clive Campbell in Jamaica, Herc’s eventual migration to the US led to a cultural revolution. Grandmaster Caz was so influenced by Her c that he picked up the mantle and helped create the world of hip hop. Caz was the first to rhyme and cut simultaneously and his work with the Cold Crush Brothers set the foundation for many of today’s hip hop phenoms. “Herc showed us the way, he brought the party to us, to you. A whole new world opened up,” says Caz, “We could laugh and we could dance. That’s what hip hop is all about.” Herc began to DJ with his father’s sound system and developed new techniques that sampled sounds and mixed existing records. Grandmaster Caz recounts, “There were DJs around at that time, but they were all playing disco. That was the music of the day. Most people in The Bronx couldn’t identify with that, so we wanted to have our own little disco.”
Caz pays homage to his legacy and The Bronx with the Hush Hip Hop Tours, which brings New York natives and tourists alike to the Boogie Down to learn about the humble beginnings of what is today a billion dollar industry. “We need people to celebrate the fact that this culture was born here.” Cedar Park in 10453 was the epicenter of the phenomenon that still reigns supreme today. Says Caz, “Segewick Ave and Cedar…this is where the magic happened. It’s the birthplace of hip hop. Herc brought the music outdoors, here, so that more people could listen to and experience it.” To recognize his achievements, Hush Tours is working with the City of New York to dedicate a bench to Kool Herc in Cedar Park. “It’s time to pay some respect to our history.”
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Caz get all those tapes for me-cd etc,I’ll purchase any of those cds,I didn’t see you for a while I hope you got new ones. Keep up.
Caz is a truly great artist and cool guy in person. We hope he has new ones too John! Anyone else you’d like to us to cover on the site or show? Let us know and we’ll hook it up.
sedgwich & cedar don’t forget burnside avenue aka the avenue’ intercepting bout cedar & sedgwich by the way i would disagree doe to me kool herc is indeed godfather of hip hop as far as puttin it together in an event but hip hop as a culture precides him cus Graffity and breakin trace way back in the 60’s even unto the caveman time’
this artforms are independend of any one source so that’s it’never the less the bronx as a hole should pride it selt this the one thing that was culturise in nyc and travel across the glove.
caz i love u like a rock ..but when i hear the year 1973 i could only think of my man the disco king mario playing music out side..in soundview park ..r.i.p. mario ..caz u the man..
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