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Grandmaster Caz AKA Grandmaster Casanova Fly, real name Curtis Fisher, was born in the Bronx, New York and was a part of the hip hop group The Cold Crush Brothers. After seeing Kool Herc play at a party in the Bronx in 1974, Fisher decided to become a DJ, and purchase the necessary equipment the next day. As “Grandmaster Caz,” he teamed up with his best friend, DJ Disco Wiz (Luis Cedeno). He later would team up with JDL (Jerry Dee Lewis) and form The Notorious Two. Caz began incorporating rhymes with his DJing and become known as the first DJ to do so. In 1978 he formed a group called the Mighty Force with Whipper Whip (James Whipper) and Dot-A-Rock (Darryl Mason). In 1979 DJ Charlie Chase (Carlos Mandes) from The Cold Crush Brothers asked Caz to help audtion MCs for his group which was really a way for Charlie Chase to trick Caz into joining the Cold Crush Brothers. JDL, Whipper Whip, and Dot-A-Rock were also part of The Cold Crush Brothers before Whipper Whip and Dot-A-Rock left to join The Fantastic Five.

The Cold Crush Brothers began building a reputation in the burgeoning hip hop scene in New York, mostly for Caz’s routines and lyrical ability. Around this time, Sylvia Robinson, who went on to found Sugar Hill Records, happened to hear part-time club bouncer and manager of the Cold Crush Brothers, Big Bank Hank (Henry Jackson) rapping to a tape of Grandmaster Caz while working at a Pizzeria. She asked him be the third member of a group that she was putting together called the Sugar Hill Gang. Hank accepted and, since he wasn’t an MC himself, he borrowed a book of rhymes from Grandmaster Caz.
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  • sjm26b

    The Art of Rap. One of the greatest.

    3 Dec 2012 Reply

  • IxCLuTcH

    Respect

    28 Jun 2012 Reply

  • Fuck_Zionist

    "Mid Life Crisis" is SICK!!!!!!!

    8 Jan 2011 Reply

  • Wu-Gambino

    legend

    27 Apr 2009 Reply

  • Chimino

    respect Caz...

    23 Nov 2008 Reply

  • FCA19795

    Respect is due! One of the founding fathers/pioneers of hip hop. Classic material here!

    27 Sep 2008 Reply

  • blunthead

    THE MOST FAMEOUS OLDSCHOOL RAP SONG ,MOST BE -RAPPERS DELIGHT- WITH THE SUGARHILL GANG-FROM -79.-BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT-SUGARHILL GANG STOLE THESE LYRICS FROM THE LEGENDARY -GRANDMASTER CAZ-HIMSELF! CAZ SPEAK ABOUT THIS IN -THE DOCUMENTARY DVD-CALLED -THE FRESHEST KIDS-A HISTORY OF THE B-BOY-I TRULY RECOMMENDED THIS MOVIE-PEACE OUT!!!

    4 Aug 2008 Reply

  • in2

    A Hip-Hop Legend...

    1 Aug 2006 Reply

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