DJ Disco Wiz
| DJ Disco Wiz | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Luis Cedeño |
| Born |
August 11, 1961 Bronx, New York, United States |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | DJ, MC |
| Instruments | Turntables |
| Associated acts | The Notorious 2, Mighty Force, Cold Crush Brothers |
DJ Disco Wiz (born Luis Cedeño, August 11, 1961 in the Bronx, New York, USA, to a Puerto Rican father and a mother from Cuba) is an American DJ. He is credited with being the first Latino DJ in Hip-Hop music.
After being inspired at a Kool Herc jam by the emerging hip hop movement taking place in The Bronx DJ Disco Wiz teamed up with his best friend, Casanova Fly (Grandmaster Caz), to form a group called the Mighty Force crew. Mighty Force is credited as being one of the first Hip-Hop DJ crews in the mid-to-late 1970s. Legendary for their DJ battles in the streets of the South Bronx, the Mighty Force crew was also responsible for presenting the first Latino rapper to the world, Prince Whipper Whip, who is also of Puerto Rican descent. DJ Disco Wiz is also credited for being the first DJ to create a "mixed plate" in 1977 (Hip-Hop’s first mixed dub recording) when he and Grandmaster Caz, combined sound bites, special effects and paused beats.
The grandson of the late Puerto Rican artist and Santero Norberto Cedeño; (La Mano Poderosa, 1950), Wiz is the creator of "The Hip-Hop Meets Spoken Wordz" series, a hip hop and poetry performance series that gives a voice to up-and-coming Latino talent in New York City. As a poet, DJ Disco Wiz has performed at the Apollo Theater and the landmark Nuyorican Poets Cafe and his poetry can be seen in the upcoming book Born in the Bronx. Wiz also appears in a few documentaries on hip-hop history including 1 LOVE, a film produced by noted hip-hop historian James "Koe" Rodriguez about the lives of Joe Conzo, Ernie Paniccioli, and Jamel Shabazz—hip-hop’s first photographers.
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