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Historical Anderson Icon Passes Away this Week.....

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James Robert “ Radio ” Kennedy , a beloved fixture of an Anderson, South Carolina high school football program whose life served as inspiration for the 2003 film “Radio,” passed away Sunday. He was 73 years old. Kennedy, who was mentally disabled, was an unofficial 11th grade student at T.L. Hanna High School in Anderson, South Carolina , where he was one of the football team’s biggest supporters and hype men since the 1960s. He often attended games, cheering on players from the sidelines, and even led players out onto the field. He did little without his trusty transistor radio pressed to his ear, which earned him his iconic nickname. It was head football coach Harold Jones who took Radio under his wing when he first appeared on the school’s football field as a teenager in 1965. He would become an integral part of the football program, mimicking the coaches on the sidelines. Kennedy could barely speak and never learned to read or write, according to Anderson n

Pioneering Dj Grandmaster Flash Wins Nobel Prize

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Grandmaster Flash has become the first DJ to win the Polar Music Prize , often dubbed the " Nobel Prize For Music ". The prize was founded by Stig Anderson, better known as ABBA's lyricist and manager, in 1989. Previous winners include Led Zeppelin, BB King, Metallica, and Paul McCartney . Flash, real name Joseph Saddler , accepted the prize from the King of Sweden, saying the award was "in honour of every DJ, every rapper, every graffiti artist, and every breakdancer". He further commented: "This thing that I did had not existed before, and I am one of many where I come from. It ended up being called hip-hop, taking the drum break from pop, rock, jazz, blues, funk, disco, R+B, and using duplicate copies of records. I would take one section and repeat it over and over again." Grandmaster Flash is an icon of all proportions to me, of who himself I've heard reference on Evolution Of Hip Hop Pt.1 ". That a l

The Influence Of The Influential--The Most Prolific Political Prisoner You Never Heard Of"

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Afrika Baambaataa  and 21 Savage Disclaimer: Originally posted by DailyLiveNews 4-5-19 Re-published under the freedom of information Act,  in hopes to uplift, inform, educate, inspire  & empower readers of djtuc999 on the noble works of this unsung  political prisoner. Rapping and hip-hop have become cultures that were grew and developed out of the mean streets of the South Bronx in the 1970s’. Would Rap and Hip Hop it be considered a cult? People follow what the rappers say and do, and how they dress and talk, actually when you break down the word culture you have the word cult within it. Now that millions follow these rap artists closely, and the music is now overlapping popular society, it would probably be considered more of a pop cult or pop culture. There have been some very influential artists, musicians, teachers, authors, and figures who have helped promote and shape the culture of rap and hip-hop, the names go on and on but one of its major influences into it

AIN'T NO STOPPING ---Them iROCK-ing Dj's In da A.N.D.

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L-R Dj Flame, Dj Flea, Dj Valentino, Dj SirDave My Layoff Intro .. Just getting back into the swing of things as the chief writer publisher of my own website for the brand-new year, so please allow me to explain briefly the layoff everyone. I’ve really experienced an uptick within the second phase of my two-decade long career, within the last several months as Dj Tuc the official Deejay for the RVC ( Red Velvet CafĂ© ) partnering with Kevin Norris and Dj Tuc the businessman also known as da A.N.D. Representa. Adding to my overall stacked plate,  are other prominent endeavors and personal obligations behind the scenes that I simply don’t talk about. Most folks in my inner circle personally affiliated with me are familiar with my body of work in many different ways, name, reputation, producer, pc repair or brand within the urban entertainment sector of the city of Anderson South Carolina. Many of the younger generation not familiar with me are even finding out about the