I’d be under rightful scrutiny if I claimed I was a listening to Magic’s Message at the time, nor would I make out that I was somehow tuning into The Rap Attack radio show which he started in 83 on New York’s WBLS-FM. I actually don’t think I even knew who he was until well into the 90′s when I heard records like the epic disco rap of “Potential” and the heavily sampled “Rappin With Mr Magic”. It was around this time I read an interview with KRS One pinpointing Mr Magic as the accidental instigator of the short lived but meme inducing Bridge Wars

The blogs are coming in thick & fast with the sad news of Derek B’s death – a heart attack at the still tender age of 44 is the saddest part but rather than go into an ill-researched break down of the man’s career i just wanted to share an anecdote with a nod to the bad young brother.