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This article is about the DJ. For the band, see Stretch Arm Strong. For the toy, see Stretch Armstrong.
DJ Stretch Armstrong
Armstrong (left) in 2011
Born
Adrian Bartos
Known forThe Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show

Adrian Bartos 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. He hosted NPR's podcast What's Good with Stretch and Bobbito which began in 2017.[1][2]

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.[3] 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.[4]

His musical career, along with Garcia, was made into a movie Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives.[5] The Source Magazine called their show "The Best Hip Hop Radio Show of All Time" in 1998.[6]

Bartos' first book, with archivist Evan Auerbach, No Sleep: NYC Nightlife Flyers 1988-1999 , was released through Powerhouse Books.[7][8]

Early life

Bartos grew up in the Upper East Side of New York City.[9] 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.[10] He started DJing in downtown New York City, making his own concert flyers out of cardboard, scissors, and glue.[9][7]

References

  1. ^ "Adrian "Stretch" Bartos". NPR.org. 2017-07-18. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  2. ^ "NPR is bringing back '90s hip-hop DJs Stretch and Bobbito". Nieman Lab. 2017-04-19. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Cornish, Audie; Lonsdorf, Kat (2020-01-17). "On Their Debut Album, Stretch And Bobbito Are Taking 'No Requests'". WFAE. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  5. ^ officialdon (2015-10-09). "Stretch & Bobbito Film Highlights NYC Legends Who Put Lyricists On The Map". The Source. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  6. ^ "The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show". Hip-Hop Radio Archive. 1992-11-19. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  7. ^ a b "No Sleep.: NYC Nightlife Flyers 1988-1999". powerHouse Books. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  8. ^ Caramanica, Jon (December 25, 2016). "Inside the Secret NYC Club Culture". Sacramento Bee. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "On Their Debut Album, Stretch And Bobbito Are Taking 'No Requests'". NPR.org. 2020-01-17. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
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