DJ pioneer, Dennis Alcapone listens intently to a rhythm being mixed in a cramped studio owned by rhythm-making pair, Mafia and Fluxy at White Hart Lane in London...
News Source: Jamaica Observer
"It is rubbish. What I saw and read should never happen," the veteran toaster told Splash during an exclusive interview. "Utter rubbish."
The road walked and paved by musical veterans in the early stages of reggae music was oftentimes rocky and lined with obstacles in the early days. At that stage in Jamaica's social history, reggae music had a negative stigma attached to it. Deejaying was almost unheard of. Alcapone, who first tried his hand at the art in 1969, recalled the first time he told a friend that he was a deejay.
"I told him that I was going to DJ and he asked me if I was a singer. I told him DJ but he could not believe that someone could talk over a rhythm, so him laugh at me," the unassuming entertainer recounted.
In today's modern world where dancehall stars live expansive lives and flaunt material wealth, the veteran DJ is of the view that something is sadly lacking.
"Life is a cycle and in the early days we never even saw it as a business, and we did music out of a love for it," Alcapone said.
