The Original Grandmaster Jay aka Jay Blaze

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Member Since: 3/15/2006
Band Website: JayBlaze.funtigo.com
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Influences: The Old School Crews like The Cold Crush Four, Fantastic Five, Funky Four, Furious Five, Spoonie Gee, Busy Bee, Treacherous Three, Disco Four, Pumpkin, Crash Crew, Grandmaster Caz, Mean Machine, Sugar Hill Gang, The Sequence, Lovebug Starski, Mike And Dave, Mr. Majic, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Kool DJ Herc, Grandmaster Flash, Afrikka Bambata, Grand Wizard Theodore, Easy Lee, Charlie Chase, Breakout, AJ Scratch,The Devastating Three, Jimmi Spicer, Edwin Birdsong, James Brown, Parliament & Funkadelic, Bootsy Collins, Brothers Johnson, Bar-Kays, Confunkshun, Earth Wind And Fire, Mass Production, Average White Band, Sly Stone, Herbie Hancock, Gap Band, Lakeside, Cheryl Lynn, Herman Kelly and LIfe, Vaugn Mason and The Crew, Chic, Fatback Band, Cameo, Sun, GQ, Taste O Honey, Galdys Knight, The LaBelles, The Jones Girls, Mother's Finest, Trouble Funk, Chuck Brown, Code Red, Junk Yard Band, Run DMC, Kurtis Blow, Fat Boys, Doug Fresh, LL Cool J, Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Blastmaster KRS 1 and DJ Scott La Rock, Jazzy Jay, and the list could go on and on. In other words I AM HIP HOP!!
Sounds Like: In the beginning there was the deejay. Then came the rappers. MC Master Jay was one of the first street credible rappers to hit the scene in 1979! For 5 years he had peeps amazed up and down the East Coast! Then in 1985 he became DJ Grandmaster Jay and emerged as the creator of the first real mix tape! Again Hip Hop was amazed! Jay was powerful on the turntables and the mic! Thus the term DJMC was bestowed upon him. As record labels tried to sign him they realized that GMJ was no idiot and far ahead of his time! Since then he has impacted Hip Hop in so many ways it would take years to tell it all. Just know this: There is not a rapper alive today or a deejay doing his thing that does not display some part of what Grandmaster Jay introduced to the world. He sounds like nobody else. Everybody sounds like a part of him!You have entered the world of one of the true pioneers of Hip Hop. The official world of the Original (meaning the first and true) Grandmaster Jay DJMC! Don't get it twisted because while there are many deejays who attempt to rhyme and even fewer emcees that can blaze the turntables, GMJ is a legend because he does both and was the first to do it since the explosion of Hip Hop to the nation! So peep the cuts, check the skills, listen to the lyrics and remember: It's all one person! Stop giving out awards...GMJ is in the building! It's time to get real! Grand Master Jay has been copied, bitten off of and straight out robbed by some of the biggest pioneers in Hip Hop. New generations need to know this story and now the truth be told! Since 1979 Grand Master Jay has amazed many with his combination of crowd control as an emcee and his incredible turntable abilities! Don't believe the hype! Do your own research! Many super stars today stand on the shoulders of giants such as GMJ.The Original Grandmaster Jay is a Veteran of Hip-Hop who has performed as a dj/mc worldwide and toured, performed, produced and co-written with many in the industry. A combination of Hip Hop's past, present and future! A one man emcee, deejay, musician, writer, and recording engineer!! Grandmaster Jay is credited on several number 1 hit records and is still rocking clubs, halls, and stadiums on the mice and the turntables around the world. Before there was a Funkmaster Flex, Kid Capri, Cash Money,Qbert,Jazzy Jeff, or anybody else you can think of who has blessed the turntables in the last 20 years; Before there was a DMX,Nas,Jay-Z,Cash Money,2Pac,Biggie,Heavy D, or anybody you can think of who has blessed the mic in the last 15 years, there was The Original Grandmaster Jay DJMC! One of the first of his kind and a veteran in the culture of Hip Hop. From Sylvia Robinson and the era of the Sugar Hill Label to Russell Simmons creating Def Jam to Steve Rifkin and the Loud Records movement, GMJ has been a part of them all! He has toured worldwide with the likes of DJ Kool, Funkmaster Flex, R&B songstress Yvette Michele, WuTang, Def Squad, Onyx,and many others.He hosted The Original Fresh Fest Tour (1985), The Russell Simmons Def College Tour (1995), toured with DJ Kool (1996), with Funkmaster Flex's Big Dawg Pitbulls and was tour dj for R&B singer Yvette Michele (1997/1998). He won the KISS Mastermix Championship two years in a row (1984/85) and introduced the world to the first true mixtape. Any true student of Hip Hop knows the saga of The KISS 96 Master mix Tournaments of the early 80s and anybody who heard the Championship Master mix knows it was the first real mix tape! With 27 years in the Hip Hop Culture and still going strong, he's still dropping tracks, mixes, and performing with the best! GrandMaster Jay is a living Hip Hop Legend with a career that spans nearly 20 years. Down since day one and still rocking crowds worldwide, GMJ has worked with stars major and soldiers underground! Know your Hip Hop HistoryIn 2007 The Original Grandmaster Jay continues to perform as an A-Lister Celebrity DJ at major industry events ranging from The Grammy Awards to the Super Bowl after parties. He is always in high demand as a tour deejay and is constantly called upon for his advice and expertise in the fields of studio production, engineering, concert promotion and production. As an accomplished radio personality, celebrity deejay, and producer he remains on the forefront in the Hip Hop/R&B world. His new affiliation with the growing CORE DJs Coalition has opened yet another saga in this epic journey through the evolution of legend. As the CEO of GMJ International Entertainment, Jay is a powerful entity within the infrastructure of the music industry.
Record Label: GMJ International Entertainment/RCA/BMG
Type of Label: Major