{"id":66372,"date":"2023-09-04T18:18:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T18:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordcelnews.com\/?p=66372"},"modified":"2023-09-04T18:18:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T18:18:03","slug":"i-was-in-one-of-the-90s-biggest-groups-before-jacking-it-in-to-run-an-emu-farm-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordcelnews.com\/tv-movies\/i-was-in-one-of-the-90s-biggest-groups-before-jacking-it-in-to-run-an-emu-farm-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"I was in one of the 90s\u2019 biggest groups before jacking it in to run an emu farm | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
HE co-founded one of the most important rap groups of all time.<\/p>\n
But after 13 years mixing and scratching for Public Enemy, DJ Terminator X, 57, temporarily turned his back on the music business to work on an emu farm.<\/p>\n
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The unlikely career switch saw Terminator – real name Norman Rogers – decamp to a 15 acre plot in South Carolina to stud the fast birds<\/span>.<\/p>\n Public Enemy frontman Chuck D lamented being unable to escape the bizarre piece of the group's lore in an interview with the Guardian.<\/p>\n Explaining how often he speaks to his bandmates, he says: Public Enemy\u00a0does a conference Zoom call every two weeks, so, yeah, I still speak to him once in a while. <\/p>\n "I\u2019ve eaten ostrich in South Africa years ago. But, no. It wasn\u2019t an ostrich farm anyway, it was an emu farm, and it was destroyed by a hurricane in the late 90s or early 00s. <\/p>\n "This just shows you how digital news<\/span> never goes away. It\u2019s like radiation. That\u2019s why we have to watch it with news, because they\u2019re still saying Terminator X has his ostrich farm, and no matter how many times we refute it, this same dumb-ass question comes up. It\u2019s no one\u2019s fault: it just shows how far we\u2019ve got [to go] to get the space junk out of orbit, bro."<\/p>\n Terminator is now once again behind the decks playing all manner of events from hip hop cruises to festivals and after-parties.<\/p>\n It's little surprise that the scene legend is getting booked up though.<\/p>\n His credits include classic albums It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back and Fear Of A Black Planet, which sold 2 million copies in the US alone.<\/p>\n <\/picture>NEW TUNE! <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/picture>old rave <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/picture>GET WELL SOON <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/picture>say it ain’t so <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Both albums' influence far exceeded their sales with the politically motivated band paving the way for the likes of 2Pac to deliver hard-hitting social messages.<\/p>\nMost read in Music<\/h2>\n
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