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DJ LORD YODA X HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH HIP-HOP FOR OVER 35 YEARS. AS A YOUNG BOY LIVING IN THE BRONX HE WITNESSED MANY EARLY PARK JAMS. AFTER SEEING DJ’S LIKE LUVBUG STARSKI, DJ HOLLYWOOD, DISCO KING MARIO, AND THE AMENRA OF HIP-HOP CULTURE AFRIKA BAMBAATAA YODA KNEW HE WANTED TO DJ. YODA JOINNED THE ZULU NATION AT A YOUNG AGE. AS HIP-HOP WAS GROWING IN THE BRONX YODA’S FAMILY MOVED TO HARLEM WHERE HE REUNITED WITH A FRIEND DJ DARRYL C WHO WAS JUST STARTING OUT AS A DJ. DARRYL AND YODA JOINNED OTHER YOUTH IN THE HARLEM HOUSING COMPLEX AND THE CRASH CREW WAS BORN. THEY DID PARK JAMS AND CENTER PARTIES THEIR NAME WAS GETTING MORE AND MORE KNOWN. AT THE END OF 1979-BEGINNING OF 1980 THE RELEASED THE CLASSIC “HIGH POWER RAP” ON THEIR OWN MIKE AND DAVE RECORDS LABEL. THE CRASH CREW DID SHOWS ALL OVER THE TRI-STATE AREA AND IN 1981 SIGNNED TO SUGARHILL RECORDS. THEY RELEASED A FEW MORE CLASSIC RECORDS INCLUDING “ON THE RADIO” ON OF THEIR BIGGEST HITS. AS SUGARHILL RECORDING ARTIST THEY TOURED THE U.S AND CANADA. THE GROUP LET SUGARHILL IN 1984 AND FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS YODA AND DARRYL C WORK WITH OTHER GROUPS INCLUDING THE BOOGIE BOYS AN UP AND COMING GROUP FROM HARLEM. YODA ALSO HAS WORKED AND TOURED WITH ROB BASE AND DJ EZ-ROCK. IN THE MID 90’S YODA REUNITED WITH CRASH CREW AND THE DROPPED 2 SINGLES “REAL HIP-HOP” AND “CHAMPAGNE FLIGHTS”. SINCE THEN YODA HAS BEEN THE PRIMARY DJ FOR THE CRASH CREW. HE HAS APPEARRED IN A FEW DVD’S AND DOCUMENTARIES INCLUDING “THE KINGS OF HIP-HOP”. YODA HAS TOURED THE WORLD BUT SAYS THE MOST MOVING EXPERIENCE HE EVER HAD WAS PERFORMING FOR THE TROOPS IN IRAQ AND KUWAIT IN 2008 WITH HIS LONG TIME FRIEND AND DJ PARTNER DJ EZ-ROCK. YODA CAN BE SEEN AND HEARD EVERY TUESDAY ON WHCR 90.3 FROM 8PM TO MIDNIGHT WITH AFRIKA BAMBAATAA AND DR SHAKA ZULU. HE IS ALSO ON THE TRUE SCHOOL TOO RADIO SHOW WITH PIONEERING RADIO PERSONALITY DJ CHAMPAGNE AND DJ EZ-ROCK THEY CAN BE SEEN AND HEARD FRIDAYS 5PM TO 7PM LIVESTREAM.COM/WRNURADIO. ALSO HE HAS ADDED A NEW RADIO SHOW, FREE DOME RADIO ON FRIDAY NIGHT ON www.streetz106.com FROM 8 TO 10PM EST. NOW YODA CAN BE SEEN AND HEARD ON FREE DOME RADIO ON USTREAM.TV EVERY FRIDAY FROM 7P.M TO 10P.M. HE ALSO IS A SENIOR EXECUTIVE IN THE HIP-HOP HALL OF FAME AWARDS MUSEUM. AS WELL AS LAUNCHING HIS NEW COMPANY FREE DOME 7 MULTI-MEDIA ENTERTAINMENT.
