Afrika Islam
DJ and producer · The Bronx, New York, USA
On the bill with trance[]control: Paradise City IV, Berlin (7 July 2000)
Background
Afrika Islam was a hip hop DJ and producer from the Bronx who came up in the Rock Steady Crew and Afrika Bambaataa's Zulu Nation, hosted the radio show Zulu Beats on WHBI from 1981 and produced records for Ice-T, with whom he founded Rhyme Syndicate. From the mid-1990s he also played techno events in Germany, first appearing at Mayday in 1995, and in the late 1990s he formed the electro project Mr. X & Mr. Y with WestBam. [1, 2, 3]
At the time
In 1999 he and S. O'Neal compiled the double CD Paradise City - The Last Drop In Paradise for ZYX, and Mr. X & Mr. Y released New World Order; in 2000 he featured on Red Alien's single Red Alien. The Warehouse in Cologne listed him among its DJs in 2000 and billed him with Steve Mason at Space in Ibiza on 5 September. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Later
He went on working with WestBam, with whom he released Dancing With The Rebels in 2004, and put out DJ mix CDs such as Colors - Purple (2003) and In The Mix (2006). [1]
Elsewhere
Written from the sources cited, which are listed with the rest in the source register. Only career facts are given.