The Egyptian Lover, hip-hop pioneer

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn : The Egyptian Lover, hip-hop pioneer Image
Bullseye with Jesse Thorn : The Egyptian Lover, hip-hop pioneer Image

The Egyptian Lover, hip-hop pioneer

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We’ll chat with the one and only Egyptian Lover. Born Greg Broussard – he’s a DJ, a producer, a rapper sometimes, too. He came up with Uncle Jamm’s Army, a hip-hop crew that featured promoter and DJ Rodger Clayton, Ice-T, and has shared the bill with acts as big as Run-DMC back in the day. As a solo artist he’s released 10 albums, mixing Kraftwerk, Prince, a little bit of G-Funk every now and then, too. He talks with Jesse about the early days of LA hip-hop and electro, what a 10,000 person dance party looks like and how he bonded with his future wife over a Kraftwerk record. The ultimate meet cute! This interview originally aired in January of 2018.