WE HIGHLIGHT A SPECIAL MOMENT IN THE HIP HOP CULTURE. THIS IS TODAY'S....
MAR.2ND 1962
DJ Scott La Rock of Boogie Down Productions was born Scott Monroe Sterling in Queens, New York on this day in 1962. After his parents’ divorce when he was 4 years-old, La Rock moved with his mother to the Morisania and then later Morris Heights district of The Bronx. La Rock excelled in academics and basketball at Our Savior Lutheran High School and then later attended Vermont’s Castleton State College where during his spare time from his studies, he began honing his skills as a DJ. After graduating from Castleton, La Rock landed a job as a social worker at The Franklin Armory Men’s Shelter in The Bronx, where he met Lawrence Parker, an MC and graffiti writer that lived in the shelter, who used the moniker KRS-One, an acronym for Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone. The two then hooked up with DJ and MC D-Nice and formed Boogie Down Productions. Boogie Down Productions released their debut album in 1987 called “Criminal Minded” on B-Boy Records which changed the face of hip-hop. On August 27th, 1987 La Rock was shot and killed by assailants he had been trying to defuse a conflict. La Rock’s murder heavily affected KRS-One who started the “Stop The Violence Movement” in La Rock’s memory as a peace cause. The “Stop The Violence Movement” released the posse hit single “Self-Destruction” on Jive Records. “Self-Destruction” featured appearances by KRS-One, the late great Heavy D, MC Lyte, Doug E. Fresh, Stetsasonic, Just-Ice and Public Enemy.
Saturday, March 2, 2013
THIS DAY IN HIP HOP
WE HIGHLIGHT A SPECIAL MOMENT IN THE HIP HOP CULTURE. THIS IS TODAY'S....
MAR.2ND 1962
DJ Scott La Rock of Boogie Down Productions was born Scott Monroe Sterling in Queens, New York on this day in 1962. After his parents’ divorce when he was 4 years-old, La Rock moved with his mother to the Morisania and then later Morris Heights district of The Bronx. La Rock excelled in academics and basketball at Our Savior Lutheran High School and then later attended Vermont’s Castleton State College where during his spare time from his studies, he began honing his skills as a DJ. After graduating from Castleton, La Rock landed a job as a social worker at The Franklin Armory Men’s Shelter in The Bronx, where he met Lawrence Parker, an MC and graffiti writer that lived in the shelter, who used the moniker KRS-One, an acronym for Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone. The two then hooked up with DJ and MC D-Nice and formed Boogie Down Productions. Boogie Down Productions released their debut album in 1987 called “Criminal Minded” on B-Boy Records which changed the face of hip-hop. On August 27th, 1987 La Rock was shot and killed by assailants he had been trying to defuse a conflict. La Rock’s murder heavily affected KRS-One who started the “Stop The Violence Movement” in La Rock’s memory as a peace cause. The “Stop The Violence Movement” released the posse hit single “Self-Destruction” on Jive Records. “Self-Destruction” featured appearances by KRS-One, the late great Heavy D, MC Lyte, Doug E. Fresh, Stetsasonic, Just-Ice and Public Enemy.
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