GRANDMASTER ROC RAIDA " RIP "

Anthony Williams, (May 18, 1972 – September 19, 2009) was better known as Roc Raida, was an American DJ, turntablist, producer and member of DJ group The X-Ecutioners.

He won the 1995 DMC World DJ Championship.[1]

THIS IS A BIG LOST IN THE DJ WORLD, NOT ONLY THE DJ WORLD, BUT A BIG LOST TO ME PERSONALLY, I HAVE KNOW DJ ROC RAIDA SINCE 1992, I WAS INVOLVED WITH A CLOTHING COMPANY IN NEW YORK CALLED KINGPIN CLOTHING, DURING THAT TIME, KINGPIN CLOTHING WAS DOING NUMEROUS ADDS FOR VARIOUS MAGAZINES AND SPONSORING SEVERAL PEOPLE. I GOT A PHONE CALL ONE DAY FROM THE OWNER OF KINGPIN " BRAD KESSLER " REGARDING A DJ BY THE NAME OF DJ ROC RAIDA. BRAD ASK ME IF I KNEW WHO HE WAS, AND I TOLD HIM YEA, HE THEN ASK ME IF HE SHOULD GIVE ROC RAIDA SOME GEAR, AND I SAID HELL YEA!!!!!! I THEN TOLD BRAD A LITTLE HISTORY BEHIND DJ ROC RAIDA, AND THE I TOLD BRAD TO TAKE CARE OF HIM. LATER THAT DAY, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM ROC RAIDA AND HE THANK ME FOR LOOKING OUT FOR HIM, AND EVER SINCE THAT DAY ME AND RAIDA BECAME REAL GOOD FRIENDS. IT IS CRAZY TO KNOW THAT HE IS GONE, AND I CAN'T TALK TO HIM NO MORE, WE HAD A REALLY GOOD FRIENDSHIP, I REMEMBER WHEN I HAD HIM DJ IN SAN DIEGO FOR A EVENT CALLED THE BUS STOP. THE NEXT DAY WE DROVE TO CERRITOS CALIFORNIA TO A COMPANY THAT I WAS SPONSORED BY CALLED MIXWELL. I BROUGHT ROC RAIDA TO THE MIXWELL OFFICE SO HE CAN BE INTRODUCED TO THE OWNER AND LACED HIM UP WITH SOME GEAR AND A PHOTO SHOOT. MAN, I'M GLAD THAT HE WAS PLACED IN MY LIFE, FOR THE SOUL PURPOSE OF BEING A GOOD FRIEND AND SOMEONE THAT I KNOW WAS VERY TALENTED AND A GOOD HEARTED PERSON. THE DJ WORLD WILL MISS YOU GRANDMASTER ROC RAIDA, YOU HAVE EARNED THAT GRANDMASTER TITLE FO-REAL.

DJ CHARLIE ROCK " ROCK STEADY CREW, DOJO SOUNDZ "