Disco King Mario

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Disco King Mario (born July 1, 1956 in North Carolina , † around 1994) was a pioneer of hip hop . He is also known as DJ Mario and Mario the Disco King.

Life

Mario was born in North Carolina but moved to the New York Bronx at a young age to avoid working in the cotton and tobacco fields. There he lived in the infamous Bronxdale Housing Projects and was part of the early hip-hop scene. He was also a member of the Black Spades street gang and trained in martial arts . That's how he made a name for himself on the street. He was one of the first DJs in the Bronx in the early 1970s. His older brother was also a DJ and called himself DJ Boogieman. It started a year later. The Black Spades spawned other hip-hop legends like Kool DJ Dee and DJ Jazzy Jay . Disco King Mario was famous for its block parties and regularly hosted jams and DJ battles.

Together with his crew Chuck Chuck City , he released several mixtapes . His crew dominated the scene until the Zulu Nation emerged. But Disco King Mario also played a part in this. He lent Afrika Bambaataa the technical equipment for his first appearances as a DJ. Bambaataa's first DJ battle took place in 1976 in New York Junior High School 123 against Mario.

Together with Bambaataa, Mario temporarily controlled the entire southeastern Bronx. DJs had to get permission from either Bambaataa's Zulu Nation or Mario's Chuck Chuck City before they could safely DJ in public.

He didn't release a single album during his career.

Disco King Mario died at the age of 38 after struggling with serious drug problems since the 1980s .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Niya Falls: Forgotten Founding Father: Disco King Mario. HipHopGoldenAge, August 16, 2019, accessed September 1, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Personal data at MusicSack
  3. ↑ a b c d Pioneers Step Out to Honor Disco King Mario . In: Hip-Hop and Politics . August 15, 2001 ( hiphopandpolitics.com [accessed March 9, 2018]).
  4. ^ A History of Hip Hop in Perspective. April 26, 2015, accessed March 9, 2018 .
  5. ^ Damani Saunderson: A History of Hip Hop in Perspective . ( academia.edu [accessed March 9, 2018]).
  6. ↑ Sacha Jenkins, Elliott Wilson, Jeff Mao, Gabe Alvarez, Brent Rollins: Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists . St. Martin's Press, 2014, ISBN 978-1-4668-6697-3 , pp. 24 ( google.de [accessed on March 9, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Mario, Disco King
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mario, DJ; King., Mario the Disco (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American hip hop pioneer
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH North Carolina
DATE OF DEATH around 1994