Dj Mr Jay's Podcast

With 28 years experience Dj Fingers is without doubt one of the finest breakbeat Dj’s in the world. For this exclusive interview he takes time out to speak to Dj Mr Jay (SSRadio) on “The Truth” about the definition of Hip-Hop. DJ Fingers is one of the UK’s original Breakbeat DJ for MC's, and understood the link to Afrika Bambaataa's Bronx River Sound system Tradition. As one of the first turntablists in the UK, DJ Fingers was influenced by DJ’s like Grandmaster Flash, Herc, Grandmixer DST, DJ Whizz Kid (Rip)and DJ Jazzy Jay. Foreword from forth coming Book: “The Misappropriation of Hip-Hip” There’s very good reason why you should take time to engage with Dj Finger’s thoughts on hip-hop. As a child of the pre-Technics days of pause button cassette mixes, he can rightly claim to being one of the earliest deejays in Britain to devote himself (under the name of DJ Fingers) to the spirit of hip-hop, and the fact that he’s done so in the service of the emcees he’s worked with - rather than in that of his own ego