Emerald Steps

DJ Red Alert

Power 105.1 FM, NYC

Few witness the birth of a new chapter in music history, and even fewer achieve any kind of longevity in the rap game. But reel recognize reel in 1980s New York – and 27 years later, Red Alert is still chopping beats and crossing faders. One of the world's most influential radio deejays, his shows from Kiss to Power 105.1 have popped ears open everywhere. Originally spinning with Bam and the Zulu Nation, he battled his way to master of ceremonies, and went on to work with pretty much all them that know in Hip Hop's butter era - BDP, Queen Latifah, Black Sheep, Tribe, the Jungle Brothers, Run DMC… Still at the helm of two radio shows, he scooped a whole sack of awards from Rolling Stone (one of the 50 most influential musicians), and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and became an honorary ambassador to the UN. We’d rather him with the pass codes to nuclear winter than George W.