Ronald Savage
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Savage in 2007
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| Born | 1965 (age 51–52) Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Bee-Stinger |
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| Website | RonaldSavage |
Ronald Savage (born 1965) is an entrepreneur, hip-hop artist, author, and activist. He was known as the "crate boy" for D.J. Jazzy Jay, who was the DJ for Afrika Bambaataa. Bambaataa was the founder of the Universal Zulu Nation and was known as "the Godfather" of Hip Hop.
Growing up in the Castle Hill Houses in The Bronx, New York, Savage was diagnosed with Tourette syndrome as well as Epilepsy. He became a member of the Universal Zulu Nation at 14 years old. Savage used to spend time with D.J Jazzy Jay while he recorded records during the beginning of the wave of hip hop during the early 1980s. Ron states "The best time I had in Hop Hop, when I was a kid was being paid after the parties, we were being paid [by Bambaataa] in White Castles Hamburgers".
Ronald Savage got his start in the music industry in 1986 when Jazzy Jay built his recording studio in the Bronx on Blondel Ave. He paid his dues by running errands for Jazzy. A few years later, In 1986 Jazzy Jay teamed up with Rocky Bucano to start Strong City Records. Soon, Jazzy moved the label to Allenton Ave in the Bronx, where Savage convinced the DJ's to play records of Strong City artists on rap radio and in rap clubs. soon after in 1988 Strong City Records was acquired by MCA Records to become Strong City / MCA / Uni Records. There, Savage worked on Strong City Record acts such as Busy Bee Starski, Def Duo, Ultimate Force, Ice Cream Tee, Nu Sounds, BZ2 M.C.'s, and other groups like Brand Nubian, Showbiz & A.G, Fat Joe, which all worked out of Jazzy Jay Studios.
A few years later, he left Strong City Records and began working for Dick Scott Entertainment the management company for the New Kids on The Block, Marky Mark, Boys to Men. At Dick Scott Entertainment, Savage worked as an artist liaison for the rap group Snap! who's single "I Got The Power" went #1 on the weekly charts in Spain, UK, Netherlands, Switzerland, as well as the Eurochart Hot 100. In 1990 the song hit #2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. Savage also handled for Dick Scott Entertainment other groups as Doug E Fresh, Ikey Cee, and Show Biz & A.G. While working as an artist liaison at Dick Scott Entertainment, he suffered a mild stroke from the constant stress at his job which ended his career in the music industry. In 1990, while working with Snap!, Savage carved the term "Six elements of the Hip Hop Movement". The "Six Elements Of The Hip Hop Movement" are: Consciousness Awareness, Civil Rights Awareness, Activism Awareness, Justice, Political Awareness, Community Awareness in music. Hip Is The Culture and Hop is The Movement, Ronald Savage is also known as the Son of The Hip Hop Movement.
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