Interlude

Peace, this is Donald D from the Universal Zulu Nation

And you are now listening to Capital

1212, DJ Flyte, DJ Professor Fresh

Interlude on the Connection of Reggae and Hip-Hop

Now, the first generation of Hip-Hop DJ's

Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa and Grandmaster Flash

All had Caribbean backgrounds

The Reggae DJ would bring the sound system

Out to the public to play their music

And with that in mind, Kool Herc did the same

But he would play various styles of music with a funky break

That would later be known in Hip-Hop as breakbeats

Afrika Bambaataa would be the first DJ that I

Ever heard play Reggae and Calypso at his parties

The first collaboration with Reggae and Hip-Hop was when King

Yellowman and Run DMC did a song called "Roots, Rap, Reggae"

Then the Fat Boys would do a song called "Hardcore Reggae"

Now it's the norm for Reggae and Hip-Hop to merge

So a big shout out to Kingston, Jamaica's DJ Kool

Herc for showing us the way on how it should be done