Rob Swift
USA
Born: 14 May 1972
Genres: Rap, Electronic, R&B
Styles: Underground Rap, Hip-Hop/Urban, Hip-Hop/Urban, Turntablism, Illbient, Electronica, Left-Field Hip-Hop
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Turntablist Rob Swift was born Robert Aguilar in Jackson Heights, a neighborhood of Queens. Growing up, he was heavily influenced by cutting-edge jazz artist Herbie Hancock as well as the more typical DJ heroes like Grandmaster Flash, Grand Wizard Theodore, and DJ Premier. After graduating from Baruch College with a degree in psychology, Swift joined one of the top scratching groups of the '90s, the X-Men (later known as the X-Ecutioners). In 1992, he won the DMC East Coast Turn Table Championship and DJed with rapper Akinyele on his cross-coun...
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- Bob James (62)
- Jah Wobble (37)
- X-Ecutioners (3)
- Akinyele (3)
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Influenced by
- Herbie Hancock (61)
- DJ Premier (46)
- Large Professor (12)
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