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Posted by Dave
Rap News Network
3/17/2005 12:56:23 PM
Dear Hip Hop fans,
West Coast rap pioneer Mixmaster Spade is in grave condition due to injuries from a motorcycle accident that took place 2 weeks ago. Yesterday, I reported that Mixmaster Spade had passed away. This information is incorrect. It’s not that my sources weren’t reliable ones because the folks who told me this dreaded news are people close to Spade. The confusion came when the family agreed to take him off life support. There were a few of his friends there that actually said their good byes to the rap pioneer. They had no idea he was still alive. According to his brother Joe, Mixmaster Spade started breathing on his own once he was taken off the ventilator. The hospital then put him back on support and are currently running more tests. We will keep you posted on his condition. At this time we asked that you keep Mixmaster Spade and his family in your prayers. Thank you. The following is an interview I did with Mixmaster Spade almost one year ago.
Peace,
The Poetess
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Below is an interview Poetess did with Mixmaster Spade last year.. Hopefully it will give you some insight as to who is and why he's an important figure within Hip Hop.
MIXMASTER SPADE
03/17/04
P: Introduce yourself…
MMS: Ah Yeah…This is Mixmaster Spade the OG Compton Godfather of Rap.
P: Why do they call you the OG Compton Godfather of Rap?
MMS: Cause I was the first one from Compton to LA that started this hip hop mixing rapping thing.
P: Who were some of the people that followed in your shoes?
MMS: You hear them all the time. Quik, NWA, Toddyy Tee King T, Coolio. All them. All the Compton rappers from the old school. I also helped CJ Mac. It was a few.
P: How did you come up with the name Mixmaster Spade?
MMS: I was in NY. I went to school there for a short period. One of the boys in the neighborhood was a DJ. I use to go to the park on the weekends. He worked at the park. So he use to bring his turntable and mixer to the park and back then they was just mixing disco and he would like to keep the beat and keep it going and then he showed me how to do it. This was back in 78/77. He showed me how to do it and I knew how to blend. He showed me how to do it. Really scratchin wasn’t really out then but if it’s in your blood you can really do it.
When I came back home nobody wasn’t really into DJing like that. My grandmother was kinda of wealthy she gave me some money to buy a turntable and a mixer. I came home I said mom they not doing this out here and she said ok well just take your money and do what you want to do with it. So I went and bought me a gang of clothes. I was fitted. I was in high school fitted.
Went over my friends about 2 years later. We was all pop lockers then. I use to go back and forth to New York wearing them out at Pop Locking. They couldn’t deal with that we was locking and poppin and they was like Djing. I went to this battle of the DJ’s thing one time. It was Grandmaster Flash, Grandmaster Theodore and Afrika Bambataa and all them kind of cats. DJ Hollywood and Starski them cats. I was poppin in another room and my buddy said man come on, the battle of the Dj’s is about to start. Dj’s? So I go upstairs with him and it was Grandmaster Flash rocking one turntable with a beat machine. I was like aw, man I got to get back into this.
When I came back home this time I was like I’m finna get me some turntables and I went over one of my friends house and they had 2 turntables and a mixer. What y’all doing with this? Y’all don’t know nothing about this and then I got on them and they looking at
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