“The DJ Who Turned a School Dance Into a Global Hit | DC Glenn Story”

DC Glenn discovered hip-hop at a high school dance in the early 1980s and taught himself to DJ on two turntables and a microphone. After moving to Atlanta and working at Magic City nightclub, he created "Wump/There It Is," a track that unexpectedly became a global hit and launched his career.
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right? There's all kind of forms of music, but I'd never been exposed to music in a different way. And lastly, I went to my first high school dance, the first dance at this high school, Manual. And, um, this is like when Pac Jam was out by the Johnson Crew and all, you know, the, the electronic record Planet Rock and All Nuff Ish and all them records. And I saw a DJ, two turntables and a microphone rocking. I've never seen that. Yeah, right. I never said— that was like when hip-hop was brand new, it's like early '80s. And I was like, I'm gonna be a DJ. And I became all three. And through years of hard work and mastery, I became very good at all of them, right? And graduated, went to Sac State. Learned how to use a 4-track because, you know, technology evolves and always stayed up on the technology. Became a great DJ, DJ'd all the frat parties and started DJing the clubs in Sacramento. I'm 19, 20 DJing in the club, supposed to be in class. I'm, I'm working. Then moved to Atlanta and didn't think my, you know, DJ skills were up to par, so I was, you know, trying to work at CNN. But end up getting a job in Magic City, and that changed everything. It actually— Magic City actually ruined my life, and it's the greatest thing that ever happened to me. Two things can be true. And, and, you know, the rest is history, man. That's, that's where Wump There It Is was spawned. Our first attempt was Wump There It Is, and it just, it just blew up, you know. It just— I knew it was going to be a record, but as a young man, I'm thinking every record I make is going to be a hit record. So it was like a— what was it like?
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