Roc Raida

Anthony "Williams"(or thats what a google search showed his last name as) also known as Roc Raida (born 1982) began his DJ career in 1992 at the age of ten. Surrounded by such inspirations as his father, a member of the Su

Anthony "Williams"(or thats what a google search showed his last name as) also known as Roc Raida (born 1982) began his DJ career in 1992 at the age of ten. Surrounded by such inspirations as his father, a member of the Sugar Hill Records act Mean Machine and hip hop impresario Grandmaster Flash, Raida cultivated his interest into an absolute passion. Now, Roc Raida is considered among the best of the contemporary DJ’s and has brought the underground art of Turntablism to a fresh new level. His style of beat juggling, body tricks, and stage presence has earned him the title "Grandmaster".

In the late eighties Raida gained prominence as a member of the New York-based crew the X-Men who, for obvious of copyright reasons, later became known as The X-Ecutioners. Champions of furthering the turntablist movement, the X-ecutioners made their reputation by utilizing the techniques of beat juggling; the manual alteration between individual kick and snare sounds to create original drum patterns in real time. This practice has been an inspiration and a force in Roc Raida’s style.