Pretty soon, before we even knew it, it had started to evolve. I set down the blueprint, and all the architects started adding on this level and that level. Then the younger generation came in and started putting their spin on what I had started. They became a rite of passage for young people in the Bronx. Instead, the parties I gave happened to catch on. Because the management, they wanted something bad to happen. I asked my friends to not start any trouble around here. And my mom helped us out when we gave the party. He said, “This is what you wanna do? You love music?” I said, I love it. If it was more than a couple of floors up, we would’ve never got our equipment in and out of there. It was like The Jeffersons-we were moving on up! We were on the second floor and that’s how I really was able to do this. When we got there we looked at it and it blew us away because we had two bathrooms. We got a call and went to check out this apartment over by the Major Deegan Expressway. We were hoping for new housing after we got burned out of the South Bronx. We threw our first party at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the West Bronx. If the people like you, they will support you, and your work will speak for itself. I came from “the people’s choice,” from the street. When I started DJing back in the early ’70s, it was just something that we were doing for fun.
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