Why did the passing of Roc Raida largely go unnoticed by the RHH section?
I must admit too I only heard of his passing by a friend but this guy was one of the greatest DJ's of all time as far as DJ's go compared to rappers who have died he would easily rank up there as being just as influential.
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.9837/title.turntablism-innovator-deejay-icon-roc-raida-dies
RIP Roc Raida
yeah i was wondering that myself. dude is a legend and it doesnt seem like people payed much attention.
but i think its just that he was in the background you know. its like if a lead singer of a rock band dies everyone looses it, but if anyone else in the band dies its not as important for whatever reason. same goes for hip hop artist, the man in front gets the recognition.
I dont know jack sh*t about turntablism. As in who’s good and who is bad etc. that’s why I stay quiet when guys are talking about Grand Master Theodore, Flash etc. I dont know anything about most of the elements.
In my defence, I dont care about hip hop like that.
There I said it.
Because a great majority of people don’t know who he was. Ask them if they know about Kool Herc and his contribution to hip hop and I bet you they don’t know who he is either. It’s sad that he passed and he was an amazing DJ, but I can’t knock people for not acknowledging his death since they probably don’t know who he was.
I didn’t realise it had.
I was gutted when I heard. I did say something on my Facebook, but since I’m on Y!A less and less these days, I just assumed when I did log on that there would have already been like 50 threads about him. It’s a shame there wasn’t - I guess I should have really come on and started one because the man was a legend and one of hip hop’s true gems.
R.I.P Roc Raida.