Funky Pearls - Dj Tarek From Paris

FUNKY PEARLS VOL 667 SPECIAL BIRTHDAY KEITH RODGERS AKA BON ROCK Keith Rodgers was born in Brooklyn, NewYork he was transferred to a school for musically gifted children at the age of seven. Keith was one of the the first rappers to be released on Tommy Boy Records before Tupac or Queen Latifah. Rodgers was a musician and presenter of a rap radio show called "Bon Rock" Live" on the New York station WHBI 105.9.With the likes of " Mr. Magic", "Marly Marl", "The world Famous Supreme Team" and The Roots Man "Earl Chin". In 1981, he recorded a single, "Searching Rap" produced by Ed Pavia under the name Bon Rock. This brought him to the attention of Morali and Belolo, the French producers who had been successful in the late 70s with the Village People, and who were looking for new styles after the decline of disco . Break Machine was the name of a 1980s rap act fronted by Keith Rodgers and produced by Jacques Morali and Henri Belolo, the team behind the "Village People". In 1983, together with the musician Fred