Terminator X
{{short description|American DJ}}
{{About|the DJ|the character from the Terminator franchise|T-X|the laser skirmish attraction|Terminator X: A Laser Battle for Salvation}}
{{autobiography|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Terminator X
| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Norman Rogers
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1966|8|25}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}}
| birth_place = Long Island, New York, U.S.
| genre = Hip hop
| years_active = 1986–1998, 2024-present
| associated_acts = Public Enemy
| occupation = DJ
}}
Norman Rogers (born August 25, 1966), known professionally as Terminator X, is an American DJ best known for his work with hip hop group Public Enemy, which he left in 1998. He also produced two solo albums, Terminator X & The Valley of the Jeep Beets (1991) and Super Bad (1994), featuring Chuck D, Sister Souljah, DJ Kool Herc, the Cold Crush Brothers, and a bass music track by the Punk Barbarians.{{cite book|title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music|editor=Colin Larkin|publisher=Virgin Books|date=1998|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0252-6|pages=336/7}}
In 2013, Terminator X was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Public Enemy.{{cite news | title=Public Enemy Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | url=https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/public-enemy | work= The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame| date=2013}}
Retirement
After retiring from the music scene, Rogers briefly ran an emu farm in Vance County, North Carolina.
{{Cite news |last1=Pelley |first1=Rich |last2=Pelley |first2=As told to Rich |date=2022-12-29 |title=Chuck D: 'Bringing rap to the UK was our British invasion' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/29/chuck-d-bringing-rap-to-the-uk-was-our-british-invasion |access-date=2024-05-29 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} Rogers has not been involved with the farm since the early 2000s, but he is still frequently misrepresented in the media as an "ostrich farmer".
Return to touring
In 2024, Rogers returned to worldwide touring as a solo act. It is reported that this coincided with his separation from his wife, who he married later in life, as the couple continues in ongoing litigation in North Carolina.
Discography
=Studio albums=
- Terminator X & The Valley of the Jeep Beets (1991)
- Super Bad (1994)
=with Public Enemy=
- Yo! Bum Rush the Show (1987)
- It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
- Fear of a Black Planet (1990)
- Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black (1991)
- Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age (1994)
- Man Plans God Laughs (2015)
References
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{{Public Enemy}}
{{2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame}}
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Category:20th-century American male rappers
Category:American hip-hop record producers
Category:People from Long Island
Category:People from Vance County, North Carolina
Category:Public Enemy (band) members
Category:Rappers from New York (state)
Category:21st-century American rappers
Category:21st-century American male rappers
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