It\u2019s not old school, it\u2019s classic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For a long time, those who pioneered and paved the way for today\u2019s crop of hip-hop stars were called \u201cold school,\u201d a moniker that subtly implied the music, and therefore the artists and DJs who laid the foundation were somehow outdated \u2026 obsolete. Yet in other genres there was a different moniker. A moniker of appreciation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Classic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To quote the \u201cGod\u201d emcee, Rakim, in his verse on the aptly titled \u201cClassic,\u201d song, \u201cAsk the teenagers, OGs and ask the kids\/What they definition of Classic is\/Timeless, cause age don\u2019t count in the booth\/And your flow stays submerged in the fountain of youth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That\u2019s classic. That\u2019s Disco T. That\u2019s Sam Soulprano. That\u2019s Chaz Millionaire. That\u2019s Tim Wilson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Together, they represent an era when hip-hop grew from a novel artform to the leading genre in music. And if it weren\u2019t for people such as the aforementioned and more, that growth doesn\u2019t occur. Thanks should be given. Or better yet, thanks have been earned<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Each played their own roles in growing and celebrating the culture of hip-hop \u2026 the music of the people. Disco T, Soulprano and Millionaire boosted the culture playing either house parties, clubs and\/or on the radio at KMOJ. Wilson\u2019s Urban Lights has been the St. Paul go-to for hip-hop tapes, CDs and the classic form, vinyl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI started DJing around 1992 and I can say DJing connected me to the community,\u201d said Soulprano. \u201cDJing put me in rooms where before I didn\u2019t have access.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s that type of connection to community that the men hope will bring out the masses to celebrate one of its own, Disco T.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The pioneering DJ was diagnosed in November with stage 4 throat cancer. The diagnosis came with the daunting prospect of the musician having just six months to live. Thankfully, Disco T sees more time left in the hourglass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI was diagnosed on Nov. 2 and my mind was in shreds,\u201d said Disco T, speaking during a Feb. 4 broadcast of \u201cConversations with Al McFarlane\u201d on KFAI Radio. \u201cBut the community showed me so much love that I was able to pick myself up and a week later I was in a detox village in Mexico.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Disco said he is relying on holistic and modern healing measures such as juicing and spending time in a hyperbolic oxygen chamber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe past three months I\u2019ve been feeling well. My energy level is high,\u201d said Disco T.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He\u2019ll be relying on that elevated energy for a couple of upcoming tribute events. The first is a Feb. 22 radio tribute from noon \u2013 4 p.m. on KMOJ (89.9 FM), with several DJs and personalities paying homage. Then, on March 1 from noon \u2013 5 p.m. a live tribute and party takes place at the Fine Line Music Caf\u00e9, 318 N. 1st<\/sup> St., Minneapolis. That event is an 18-plus party with an admission of $10 in advance and $15 at the door. Proceeds with assist Disco T in his fight to beat cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis is all about love and honoring one of our heroes. He\u2019s really the godfather of hip-hop here in the Twin Cities,\u201d said <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s not old school, it\u2019s classic. For a long time, those who pioneered and paved the way for today\u2019s crop of hip-hop stars were called \u201cold school,\u201d a moniker that subtly implied the music, and therefore the artists and DJs who laid the foundation were somehow outdated \u2026 obsolete. Yet in other genres there was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[2390,1448,2389],"class_list":["post-3502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-djs","tag-hip-hop","tag-rakim","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3502"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3503,"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3502\/revisions\/3503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}