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DJ Hollywood

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Also known as D.J. hollywood

American rapper and DJ

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Within Vinony's link graph, DJ Hollywood is referenced by 20 other articles, and connects out to rapping, New York City and International Standard Book Number.

It is catalogued under topics including 1954 births, 20th-century African-American people and 21st-century African-American musicians.

Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.

Person · Open Library

Born
1954
Works
1

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  • It's star time

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Origin
United States
Active from
2005
alternative rockalternative rock/metalraprap rockrapcorerock

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,109
Total plays
5,129

Tags

hip hopOldschool Hip-Hoptwo or more artists with the same name

There are at least two artist named Dj Hollywood 1) One of the earliest MCs on the scene, DJ Hollywood originated the practice of delivering extensive rhymes over recorded music, the essence of hip-hop. Yet because of his location (Manhattan), the types of records that he spun (disco), and the crowd he played to (downtown hustler types), DJ Hollywood remains an underrated figure in the development of hip-hop (a term that he originally coined). Forming his own singing group at the age of 14 <a

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Harlem
Occupation
rapper
Genre
hip-hop
Instrument
voice
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date of birth
1954-12-10
pseudonym
DJ Hollywood
start of work period
1972-00-00
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