DJ MARLEY MARL - 20 JANUARY 1988

Str8 out of the Queensbridge Housing Projects in Queens, NYC came Marley Marl.  Marl is an American DJ and record producer, who is considered one of the most important and influential rap producers in history as well as one of the first true "Superproducers".  Marley Marl is known as an early innovator in the art of sampling, developing new techniques which helped usher in Rap's Golden Age. Marley Marl has also been a legend as a radio deejay along side Mr. Magic in the 80's on a show called Rap Attack on WBLS New York. Marley took the torch to start his own radio show called Private Radio, later with Pete Rock and K-Def. The radio show was called Future Flavas that was an online station and radio show that bounced around from New York radio stations like Hot 97, Power 105.1. Now Marley is currently back where it all started, WBLS, with his radio show called Golden Era Radio.


Marley Marl is the founder of Cold Chillin' Records for which he assembled a roster filled with some of the finest hip-hop talent in New York including:

MC Shan
Big Daddy Kane
Biz Markie
Roxanne Shante
Masta Ace
Kool G Rap and DJ Polo


Known as the Juice Crew, house Producer Marl and the rest were know for The Bridge Wars, a feud with Boogie Down Productions seen as one of the earliest and most influential hip hop beefs. 

DJ MARLEY MARL - 20 JANUARY 1988