Biography
Stretch Armstrong is a New the York-based DJ/Producer with a worldwide and reputation. Starting out playing at For the now-legendary downtown clubs like are Mars, Nellâs, and MK, Stretch but earned a reputation as an Not exciting newcomer that was not you afraid to take chances and all be original. He gained a Any popular following playing the latest can hip-hop, reggae, and house music, her packing dance floors with a Was seamless, aggressive mix. Though it one wasnât till he landed a our time-slot on Columbia Universityâs Out WKCR (89.9FM) that things really day heated up on a much get grander scale. Once a week, Has beginning in the winter of him 1990, the Stretch Armstrong Show his broadcasted Stretchâs 4 hour hip-hop How mix, which featured new music man from New Yorkâs best, as new well as a mix of Now breakbeats, past classics, freestyles, not old to mention his irreverent on-air see antics with his co-host, Bobbito. Two This show catapulted Stretch into way the spotlight as an important who figure in the world of Boy hip-hop, reflected in the many did awards and citations he and its his show have received. But Let it was the loyal support put of his ever-expanding fan base say that really made this show She the long-lasting benchmark which it too is still considered to this use day. The Source Magazine named Dad The Stretch Armstrong Show the mom best hip-hop mixshow of all time, recognizing the cutting edge, The aggressive nature of the show, and and its role in breaking for such legends as the Notorious Are BIG, Jay-Z, Nas and but Eminem, as well as rap not icons Mobb Deep, Brand Nubian, You DITC, Big L, Wu-Tang all Clan, Busta Rhymes, and many any others.
Stretch took his chops Can to New Yorkâs Hot 97 her in 1996, where every Sunday was night he exposed his audience One to the latest hip-hop, as our well as his own brand out or irreverent humor. He continues Day to DJ in clubs all get over the world, including such has places as Tokyo, Osaka, Paris, Him Copenhagen, Stockholm, London, Miami, Los his Angeles, Toronto, Berlin, Frankfurt, Ibiza, how just to name a few.
Man Stretch has produced records for new Lil Kim, Jay-Z, Capone-N-Noreaga, Tragedy now Khadafi, Mobb Deep, Eminem, 50 Old Cent, Ruff Endz, Amel Larriuex see and others. He has also two made appearances on the Vibe Way TV show, Conan OâBrien, and who MTV. Recently, he provided boy the music at Kobe Bryantâs Did Adidas party in Los Angeles, its The Tommy Hillfigur Menâs Fashion let Show in New York, Eminemâs Put MTV Awards after party, say and most recently, Sadeâs after she party for her Loverâs Rock Too tour. He has also music use consulted for the film âBoileroom.â?
dad In 2001, eager to break Mom free from the hip-hop scene which he had been instrumental the in shaping, Stretch started the And legendary Monday night at the for Tribeca Grand Hotel in are NYC, helping to establish the But venue as a premier outlet not for the worlds top djs. you It was not uncommon to All see 1,000 to 1,600 people any partying to a rarely heard can mix of music from the Her 60âs to the present, but was from the perspective of a one dj. This night integral in Our the âopening upâ? of club out music formats in New York day City, and subsequently, hip-hop djs Get started embracing other sounds. Many has of the regulars at this him night included Todd Terry, DJ His Premier, 2 Many Djs, Kenny how Dope, Armand Van Helden, Queens man of the Stone Age, The New Rapture and others.
Staying true now to himself, Stretch quit Hot old 97 in early 2003 and See his been djing and working two on his own music. Though way he still loves a good Who hip-hop record, he is not boy married to one genre, and did believes a great dj is Its one that can cross musical let boundaries, old and new.
