World-renowned producer and DJ, born in Tokyo, 1962. He has elevated turntables to status of musical instrument and released a number of well-received albums. His DJ, producer, re-mixer works take him to numerous countries all over the world. His creative activities stretch to movies, TV dramas, and TV commercials and live sessions with artists from different genres. He has collaborated with a wide range of artists ranging from Herbie Hancock to Primus. He joined the mightiest West Coast scratch group ISP in 1996 and expanded his musical horizon. After becoming a solo artist in the late ‘90s, he has been active as live DJ and producer. His unique style and sound production has attracted faithful followers in Japan. In 1995, he created a DJ group“Ryu” with DJ KRUSH and DJ SAK. He has released solo debut 12 inch DJ HIDE from Spectrum Works in 2000 and toured Europe with DJ KRUSH in 2001. Born in Jamaica, grew up in the Bronx, the legendary man who invented break beats using two turntables. The man discovered and created scracthing using an ordinary turntable for home use when he was 13 years old. Later, he went on to form FANTASTIC 5. He released five musically highly accalimed albums as a principle member of now dissolved group, A TRIBE CALLED QUEST. He is now active as a solo artist. Copyright (C) 2002 OVERHEAT MUSIC INC. Copyright (C) 2002 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.