Greg Mack starts the mixmaster show on 1580 KDAY with Dr. Dre and D.J. Yella

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Legendary Los Angeles radio DJ Greg Macks talks about how he created the Mixmasters show on 1580 KDAY. When he was playing independent artist like Toddy Tee (Batter Ram), Greg Mack discusses how the record companies were disappointed that he did not play artists that the companies spent lots of money on.

Uncle Jam's Army, was huge in Los Angeles during the 1980s and Greg Mack talks about meeting Roger Clayton, then later meeting Alonzo Williams of the World Class Wrecking Cru where DJ Yella and Dr. Dre were the main DJs.

That inspired the birth of the Mixmasters show on KDAY in 1984 with Dr. Dre and DJ Yella.

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Greg Mack/KDAY introduces Eazy-E and song "Boyz N the Hood" to the world

During the early 1980s, the Hip-Hop scene in Los ANgeles was in its beginning stages, and Uncle Jams Army, The World Class Wrecking Cru and Ultra Wave were some of the first entities involved in the music.

Greg Mack was the number one radio DJ playing Hip-Hop music on the radio on 1580 KDAY. Greg Mack developed relationships with Dr. Dre, DJ Yella and Eazy-E and he was the first on to play "Boyz-N-The Hood" on the radio.