Forging Identity And Community Through Aestheticism and Entertainment: The Sound System and The Rise Of The DJ1

From an iconic venue such as Forrester's Hall at Love Lane and North Street, Kingston, to the ubiquitous zinc or bamboo, or coconut frond (or any combination of these) enclosed space with or without roof annexed to a rum bar or by itself, dancehalls sprang up in large numbers across Jamaica, signaling the making of a cultural revolution that was to have a profound ontological impact on Jamaica and the world. According to Alvin Harding, "is we who start off Tom and keep the first dance with him:" meaning that the idea of operating the sound system commercially, was suggested to Wong by Harding and Baxter, who also helped him in the making of the first sound system dance for pay. An' him use to train yu know. [...]Cooper was a "healthy eater" who "never romp with food." [...]although Machuki recorded few of his compositions which met with little or no success, what he did in the dancehall made him one of the most influential Jamaicans in the 20th century. Since the triumvirate pioneering icons of deejay music, several generations of DJ artists have streamed into this art form, making it today, the dominant form in popular Jamaican music and having a significant aesthetic ontonological impact on globi popular music including rap music.