DJ Cash Money
{{short description|American hip hop DJ}}
{{Infobox musical artist
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| birth_name = Jerome Hewlett
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1964|8|9}}
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| origin = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| instrument = Turntable
| genre = Hip hop
| occupation = DJ
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| label = Sleeping Bag
| associated_acts = Cash Money and Marvelous, Bryce Luvah, Kurtis Mantronik
| website = [http://www.myspace.com/djcashmoney12 Official MySpace]
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Jerome Hewlett (born August 9, 1964), better known by his moniker DJ Cash Money is a Philadelphia-based American turntablist, hip-hop artist, and record producer. He was the first inductee into the DJ Hall of Fame.
Career
Hewlett studied engineering at college, but soon shifted his focus to the turntables. He adopted his DJ moniker from the phrase "there's the money shot", which people would yell whenever he threw the ball into the net while playing basketball.{{Cite web|title=DMC25 – World Champion: DJ Cash Money (Interview) |work=Update Online |publisher=DMC Publishing|url=http://www.dmcupdate.com/article.asp?ArticleID=628 |id=issue 339 |date=August 6, 2009 |accessdate=May 30, 2010}} Among his inspirations Cash Money lists Grandmaster Flash and Grand Wizzard Theodore, whom he saw in the early 1980s, while artists who count him among their own inspirations include British DJ Fatboy Slim.{{Cite web|title=International Guests: DJ Ca$h Money (Interview)|work=United DJ Mixing School|url=http://djsunited.com.au/cashmoney/ |accessdate=May 30, 2010}}
He and Jazzy Jeff both emerged from the Philadelphia hip hop scene in the late 1980s. They shared a friendly rivalry and DJ'd parties together as the Kings of Spin.{{Cite book|title=On the Record: The Scratch DJ Academy Guide|author1=Crisell, Luke |author2=White, Phil |author3=Principe, Rob |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ihQaTZmuS2YC&dq=%22DJ+Cash+Money%22&pg=PA53|publisher=MacMillan|isbn=978-0-312-53124-9|year=2009|page=53}} Cash Money perfected the Transform scratch (along with Jazzy Jeff) which mimicked the robotic sound effects from the mid-80s television cartoon series of the same name.{{Cite book|title=All Music Guide to Hip-Hop: The Definitive Guide to Rap and Hip-Hop|author=Hal Leonard Corp.|publisher=Backbeat Books|year=2003|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780879307592/page/69 69]|isbn=0-87930-759-5|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780879307592/page/69}} He is also credited with creating the Pee Wee Herman scratch and pioneering the Chirp scratch (aka the Babuggamas scratch).{{Cite book|first=Piper|last=Terrett|title=Bedroom DJ|publisher=Omnibus Press|year=2003|isbn=0-7119-9765-9|page=55}}
In 1987, he partnered with MC Marvelous (born Marvin Berryman) and released the single "Ugly People be Quiet" (co-produced by Herbie "Love Bug" Azor) and the album, Where's The Party At? on Sleeping Bag Records.{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/1488343/dj-cash-money/chart|title=DJ Cash Money - Chart history - Billboard|magazine=Billboard}} Cash Money has also produced and remixed tracks for artists such as Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, Mantronix, P.M. Dawn, and Public Enemy.
Accomplishments
Cash Money won the New Music Seminar Supermen DJ Battle in 1987{{Cite book|title=Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists|author=Sacha Jenkins|publisher=St. Martin's Griffin|year=1999|isbn=0-312-24298-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/egotripsbookofra00jenk/page/284 284]|url=https://archive.org/details/egotripsbookofra00jenk/page/284}} and the DMC World DJ Championships in 1988.{{Cite journal |last=Baird |first=Simone |date=June 26, 2006 |title=DJ Ca$h Money: Ten things |journal=Time Out London |issn=1479-7054 |url=http://www.timeout.com/london/clubs/features/1596/DJ_Cah_Money-Ten_things.html |accessdate=August 26, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013092016/http://www.timeout.com/london/clubs/features/1596/DJ_Cah_Money-Ten_things.html |archive-date=October 13, 2012 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|title=DMC World DJ Championships: World Champions|url=http://www.dmcdjchamps.com/worldchamps.asp|year=2009|accessdate=August 26, 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312020353/http://www.dmcdjchamps.com/worldchamps.asp|archivedate=March 12, 2010}}
In 1998, turntable manufacturer Technics made Cash Money the first inductee into the DJ Hall of Fame.
Discography
=Cash Money and Marvelous=
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| rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2"| Album ! US |
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| Hip-hop |
| width="70px" | 1988
| align="left" width="150px" | Where's The Party At? | 26 |
;Singles{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/4029-Cash-Money-Marvelous|title=Cash Money & Marvelous at Discogs|website=Discogs}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/rap-song/1989-03-11|title=Rap Music: Top Rap Songs Chart - Billboard|magazine=Billboard}}
| class="wikitable"
!rowspan="2"| Year !rowspan="2"| Title ! US !UK !rowspan="2"| Album |
| Rap |
|---|
| 1987
| "Play It Kool" / |align="center"| — | | rowspan="3" | Where's The Party At? |
| 1988
| "Find An Ugly Woman" / |align="center"|11 |
| 1989
| "A Real Mutha For Ya" / |align="center"| — | |
=DJ Cash Money mix tapes=
- Old School Need Ta Learn'o Plot I
- W.K.I.S. Holiday Head Twister
- Kickin Flava
- Freestyle Flavor
- Guess Who's Comin' To Dinner? (1996)
- Old School Need Ta Learn'o Plot II (1997)
- Head Bangin' Funk 45's (2005)
References
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External links
- [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p16/biography|pure_url=yes}} DJ Cash Money] in Allmusic
- [http://www.discogs.com/artist/DJ+Cash+Money DJ Cash Money] in Discogs
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090813112653/http://earwaks.com/90-dj-cash-money Interview with DJ Cash Money at Earwaks]
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071113203439/http://true-skool.org/artists.php?contid=00050 |date=November 13, 2007 |title=True Skool Artists: DJ Cash Money }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100924191529/http://mhat.com/worldofbeats/volume16.html Article on DJ Cash Money by World of Beats]
- [https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/dj-cash-money DJ Cash Money Interview] at NAMM Oral History Collection (2012)
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Category:American hip-hop record producers
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Rappers from Philadelphia
Category:21st-century American rappers
Category:Record producers from Pennsylvania