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...best artists? Well, 75 years ago, many critics thought jazz wasn't an art; 50 years ago, they derided rock; 25 years ago, they went after rap. In the '70s and '80s, DJs such as Kool Herc and Grand Wizard Theodore helped established DJing as an integral part of hip-hop culture. Craze is taking the genre further. People dance to DJs, but "turntablists" like Craze they stand and listen to, they study, they admire as they might a jazz soloist. Craze's sets are meticulously planned and carefully executed. Employing a keen ear, he locates the best grooves...
...much money, not much direction. But then, when he was 13, his brother brought home a set of turntables. "He was like, 'Don't touch my stuff,'" says Craze. But he was all over the stuff anyway. Pretty soon he was playing small parties, spinning merengue records, salsa, hip-hop. Then Craze saw a videotape of Mix Master Mike, a pioneering West Coast DJ, battling another DJ. "I didn't know DJing was an art until then," says Craze. He began to refine his skills. "That's all my life was back then," he says, "coming home and practicing...
EUROPE Swedish King and Queen leave capital to meet the Prez HIP-HOP Will Smith, ex-Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, stops by with wife Jada...
EUROPE Cheeky anti-Bush activists HIP-HOP Ex-Nation of Islam members in natty suits and ties...
EUROPE Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson, on the European Union: "It's one of the few institutions we can develop as a balance to U.S. world domination." HIP-HOP Rap activist and former Public Enemy front man Chuck D, on hip-hop artists: "We have finally realized our collective power around the planet...