B.Boy Omega

B.Boy O'Mega (born Orlando Lee Rodriguez January 31, 1971) is an American Hip-Hop journalist, historian, [http://books.google.com/books?idxDUo2zl0liIC&lpgPA267&dq=bboy%20omega&lr&pgPA267#vonepage&q&f=false] DJ and recording artist. He began his career as a DJ in 1984 and later moved onto radio and internet television at Pseudo.com in 1998, partnering with video director, to build and expand the Koolout.com channel. At Pseudo he produced "Dub Spot", the first internet Television show dedicated to Dancehall music with Dancehall-Reggae journalist and Madhouse Records promoter, Jacquie Juceam. In 1999, at the urging of Juceam, B.Boy O'Mega partnered with remixer DJ Ted Smooth to introduce reggae artist Sean Paul to a Hip-Hop and Latino audience; facilitating Paul's rise to superstardom. In 2002 he created an offshoot of the Latin Music tour (and later documentary)which he helped to develop and popularize; "From Mambo to Hip-Hop" into the first walking tour of Hip-Hop sacred sites, called "Hip-Hop Tours".[http://books.google.com/books?id4iYEAAAAMBAJ&lpgPA58&otse98Cy3ZceG&dqorlando%20rodriguez%20hip%20hop&pg=PA58#vonepage&qorlando%20rodriguez%20hip%20hop&f=false] He is also the writer of the first major article on the Haitian-American contributions to in Hip-Hop culture. [http://books.google.com/books?idAn3xv7mXeQAC&lpgPA394&dq=bboy%20omega&lr&pgPA394#vonepage&q&f=false]
B.Boy O'Mega is the son of American Jazz Musician .
Publications
"Time to Shine. Haitians in Hip-Hop". Published February 2007. The Source Magazine.
South Bronx Journal; A Walking Tour of Fascinating Rhythms and Gritty Rhymes
By ALAN FEUER
Published: July 20, 2003. New York Times.
"Walk This Way. Hip-Hop Tourism arrives in the Boogie Down." Vibe Magazine. Novemember 2003.
"Award Tour". By Amy Linden. XXL Magazine. February 2003.
Books
*It's Just Begun: The Epic Journey of DJ Disco Wiz, Hip Hop's First Latino DJ By Ivan Sanchez and Luis "DJ Disco Wiz" Cedeño, Miss Rosen Editions, (2009) Powerhouse Books ISBN 978-1-57687-494-3
*New York Ricans From the Hip-Hop Zone. By Raquel Z. Rivera. Paperback: 288 pages. Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; 1st edition (January 18, 2003) Language: English ISBN-10: 1403960445 ISBN-13: 978-1403960443

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