Bobbito Garcia
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García in 2014
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Robert Garcia September 25, 1966 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Other names | Bobbito the Barber, Kool Bob Love, DJ Cucumber Slice |
Robert "Bobbito" Garcia (born September 25, 1966, New York City), also known as DJ Cucumber Slice, Kool Bob Love, is a DJ, author, streetball player, streetball coach, and member of the Rock Steady Crew.
Garcia attended Lower Merion High School and Wesleyan University (class of 1988).
Bobbito initially started as an intern at Def Jam Records.
From 1990-98, Garcia co-hosted The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show on WKCR. It featured exclusive demo tapes and in-studio freestyles from many then-unsigned hip hop artists such as Nas, Big Pun, Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes, Fat Joe, Cam'ron, DMX, Wu-Tang Clan, Fugees, Talib Kweli, Big L and The Notorious B.I.G. who later found great success on major record labels.
He set up the vinyl-only label Fondle 'Em Records in 1995 as an outlet for other guests such as MF DOOM, MF Grimm, Kool Keith and Cage. In 1998, The Source named The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show as the "Best Hip Hop Radio Show of All Time".
In 2000, hip hop artist Necro included a Live freestyle from a Bobbito WKCR show recorded on 4/20/2000 on his debut album "I need Drugs". The two have collaborated as early as 1994. In 2003, García created Bounce: From the Playground, a quarterly magazine devoted to streetball, especially the playground scene in New York City. He has been an editor, writer, and photographer for the magazine, and has also done work for and been featured in magazines including Vibe and The Source.
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