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Born | Adrian Bartos September 29, 1969 New York, New York, U.S. |
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Years active | 1988–present |
Known for | The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show |
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Instrument | Turntables |
Adrian Bartos (born September 29, 1969) known professionally as DJ Stretch Armstrong is a New York-based DJ and music producer, known as a former co-host of hip hop radio show The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show, alongside Bobbito Garcia.
Early life
Bartos grew up in the Upper East Side of New York City.[1] He was obsessed with boomboxes as a child and had an older sister who was into early disco music in the seventies, bringing records home to listen to.[2] He started DJing in downtown New York City, making his own concert flyers out of cardboard, scissors, and glue.[1][3]
Career
Radio and music
From 1990–98, Bartos co-hosted The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show on Columbia University's WKCR. It featured exclusive demo tapes and in-studio freestyles from many then-unsigned hip hop artists such as Nas, Big Pun, Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes, Fat Joe, Cam'ron, DMX, Wu-Tang Clan, Fugees, Talib Kweli, Big L and The Notorious B.I.G. who later found great success on major record labels.[4] In 2020 the pair produced an album called No Requests with a group of musicians called the M19, named for a bus in Manhattan connecting the Upper East Side to the Upper West Side.[5] The album is a reimagining of hip-hop's foundational songs with some updated lyrics and no sampling.[6]
Bartos co-hosted NPR's podcast What's Good with Stretch and Bobbito which began in 2017.[7][8][9] The show which was about art, politics, and sports, as well as music, interviewed people such as Dave Chappelle and Stevie Wonder.[10]
His musical career, along with Garcia, was made into a movie Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives, which was picked up by Netflix in 2015 on the 25th anniversary of the pair's radio show.[11][12][13] The Source Magazine called their show "The Best Hip Hop Radio Show of All Time" in 1998.[14]
Bibliography
Bartos' first book, with archivist Evan Auerbach, No Sleep: NYC Nightlife Flyers 1988-1999 , was released through Powerhouse Books.[3][15] He explains that it's "a book that chronicles basically the history of New York City nightclubs from ‘88 to ‘99 as told through club flyer art."[11]
References
- ^ a b Owerko, L.; Lee, S. (2014). The Boombox Project: The Machines, the Music, and the Urban Underground. ABRAMS. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-61312-810-7. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ^ "On Their Debut Album, Stretch And Bobbito Are Taking 'No Requests'". NPR.org. 2020-01-17. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ^ a b "No Sleep.: NYC Nightlife Flyers 1988-1999". powerHouse Books. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ^ Bobbito Garcia in ego trip's Book of Rap Lists. Sacha Jenkins, Elliott Wilson, Chairman Mao, Gabriel Alvarez & Brent Rollins. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999 (pp. 110–11); ISBN 978-0-312-24298-5
- ^ Cornish, Audie; Lonsdorf, Kat (2020-01-17). "On Their Debut Album, Stretch And Bobbito Are Taking 'No Requests'". WFAE. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ^ "Hip-hop radio DJs Stretch and Bobbito on their debut album No Requests - CBC Radio". CBC. 2020-01-27. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ^ "Adrian "Stretch" Bartos". NPR.org. 2017-07-18. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ^ "NPR is bringing back '90s hip-hop DJs Stretch and Bobbito". Nieman Lab. 2017-04-19. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ^ "Stretch & Bobbito On Race, Hip-Hop, And Belonging". WAMU. 2017-07-26. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ^ Blistein, Jon (2017-04-19). "Pioneering Rap DJs Stretch and Bobbito Detail New NPR Show". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ^ a b "DJ Stretch Armstrong Discusses 'Stretch & Bobbito' Documentary". Vibe. 2016-11-03. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ^ officialdon (2015-10-09). "Stretch & Bobbito Film Highlights NYC Legends Who Put Lyricists On The Map". The Source. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ^ "Stretch And Bobbito On Debut Album "No Requests," Radio Legacy". Vibe. 2020-02-05. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ^ "The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show". Hip-Hop Radio Archive. 1992-11-19. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ^ Caramanica, Jon (December 25, 2016). "Inside the Secret NYC Club Culture". Sacramento Bee. Retrieved 20 April 2020.