August 25: DJ Terminator X - AKA Norman Rogers - of Public Enemy -"Fight the Power" - is 47-years-old today.

 

Norman Rogers (stage name, Terminator X) was the producer DJ of the rap group Public Enemy, which he left in 1999. He has also produced two solo albums. Reportedly, Terminator X quit the hip-hop scene in 2003 and has been running an ostrich farm in South Carolina.


In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked Public Enemy number forty-four on its list of the Immortals: 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Acclaimed Music ranks them the 29th most recommended musical act of all time and the highest hip-hop group. The group was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame in 2007.


Press links below to view You Tube videos:
-- "Fight the Power"

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