Steve Spacek

Steve Spacek, along with Edmund Cavill and MC Morgan Zarate, formed the triumvirate of the group Spacek. Throughout the 1990s and the early 2000s, Spacek was known for its subtle departure from the rhythm and blues genre, a departure that aimed for dreamy trip-hop territories. Appropriately spacey in nature, Steve’s vocals were a transport for the evocative architecture of the Spacek sound. Though the group has worked primarily in London, Steve relocated to Los Angeles to work on a solo album, “Space Shift,” with J-Dilla and Leon Ware.

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DJ Red Alert

There are precious few witnesses to the birth of hip-hop DJ culture in 1980s New York, and even fewer steel wheelers who are still alive and well within the scene. Yet 25 years later, DJ Red Alert (Grant Smith) is active in the world of hip-hop. Grant got his start with hale Afrika Bambaataa and the Zulu Nation, and after establishing himself as a master of the tables, went on to work with Boogie Down Productions, Queen Latifah, Black Sheep, A Tribe Called Quest, the Jungle Brothers, and Run DMC. He’s been honored with every type of award imaginable for a hip-hop impresario: Rolling Stone deemed him one of the 50 most influential musicians, he’s (perhaps oddly) a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-r, and an honorary ambassador to the UN, to boot. Throughout the years, Grant has proved wholly testament to the phrase “Hip-hop don’t stop.”

This bio was written for Seattle's Red Bull Music Academy.