Hump The Grinder

Detroit, United States

“Hump The Grinder,” was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, beginning his dj career on the campus of Oakland University (Rochester, Michigan) in 1975, and by 1980, he was spinning in various Detroit nightclubs, as well as a mobile dj under his company, Multiple Sights & Sounds.

In 1982, The Scene, a popular TV dance show in Detroit, hired him to mix it up for the dancers, and it was said that he was the first dj in America to play mix records on TV. Hump also was the opening act for The Electrifying Mojo, before going on the road (1984, 85, & 86) with the New York City Fresh Festival rap tour as an advance promoter, and often playing “live” between acts at the concerts.

In 1994, the Hair Wars U.S. Tour took Hump away from the party scene as a dj, but he continued to supply pre-recorded mixes for parties via cassette tapes and cd’s, which he still does today. Occasionally, he will bring out the vinyl to mix up Old School Jams “live.”