So that is how I got known as a DJ in Philly. We were the talk of the town and all DJs around Philly from Philly would come and jam with us. I played Disco – Funk – Breakbeats – Live Rap conventions tapes I had. So me and Him started the first 24h Hip Hop station in Philly called WSMP FM. Then I met a guy called Stone Mike, he had a bootleg or pirate 50 Watts radio station around the corner from my house. I incorporated dance moves with my DJing tricks and I was on my way with my new sound. I did not have enough room on my dresser to put them the right way so I turned them sideways and put the mixer in the middle and they fitted perfectly! And that was the start of Philly Battle Style or Grand Wizard Rasheen Style DJing. Then one day my mom (Emma Roberts) gave me 2 (B.S.R) turntables and a mixer. I like the way Grand Wizard Theodore was cuttin’ and liked the name Grand Wizard so I called myself “Grand Wizard Rasheen”. We would listen to them, then try to imitate what we heard. We also had some guys form NY in our group that had Grand Master Flash and Grand Wizard Theodore and Cold Crush Crew tapes. So I took a boombox and started making pulse button mix tapes to expend the beats. But we had a lot of dancers in our group and the break was not long enough. We were dancing off of “James Brown – I can’t stand it”, “Kay Gees – Theme Song”, “Cerrone – Look for love”, we would wait for the drum break of the record to hit our steps. We did a dance called “Philly Soul Steeping or G.Q”, it’s kind of like line dancing, break dancing and tap dance all at the same time. We would go battle everybody everywhere we didn’t care! we were the best in the Southwest Philly. In 1976, in Southwest Philly I was 16 years old – I was a dancer with two groups, one was called “Super Bad” with Ray or Grand Slam and the other called “Franchise Dancers” with Ronnie Ron. Senate.Nahila S – When and how did you start DJing?ĭj Grand Wizard Rasheen – My name is David Roberts aka Grand Wizard Rasheen. He was elected to the Louisiana House in a special election before an unsuccessful run for the U.S. “David Duke is unacceptable and he’s not welcome here,” he said.ĭuke won Louisiana’s runoff election for governor in 1991 and lost against Democrat Edwin Edwards, who overcame his reputation for corruption after numerous Republicans condemned Duke. But Joseph Caldwell, the college’s student government association vice president, said there were plans to speak out about the debate. 2.ĭespite Duke’s presence, Dillard said it was obligated to hold the event. In Louisiana’s election system, multiple candidates from the same party can run, with the top two candidates facing each other in a runoff election on Dec. ![]() John Fleming, who finished with 11 percent. ![]() ![]() Charles Boustany, who each got 12 percent, and Republican Rep. He’ll join Republican state Treasurer John Kennedy, who got 24 percent in the poll, Democratic Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell, who had 19 percent, Democratic attorney Caroline Fayard and Republican U.S. Candidates had to draw at least 5 percent to qualify for the Nov. Former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard and current Louisiana Senate candidate David Duke will participate in a debate at historically black Dillard University.ĭuke qualified by getting 5.1 percent in a poll commissioned by the media company that will carry the debate statewide.
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