Along with Count Machuki and Sir Lord Comic, King Stitt (wiki) was arguably one of the first three DJs ever (or at least in regard to what we deem a DJ to be today). These guys would 'toast' at the beginning or during music they would play on their massive portable sound systems creating the first freestyle form of rap and DJ style in the mid to late 50s. Stitt began deejaying on Coxsone Dodd's Sir Coxsone's Downbeat Sound System in 1956 or 1957. Coxsone Dodd's ideas and these talented individuals together gave rise to many more competing Toasters/DJs and sound systems in Kingston. This cultural phenomenon would then go on to massively influence (and many would argue give birth to) pioneers like DJ Kool Herc and Hip Hip music/DJ culture in general.
King Stitt - Fire Corner
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