Turntablist Rob Swift was born Robert Aguilar in Jackson Heights, a neighborhood of Queens NY. Growing up, he was heavily influenced by cutting-edge
jazz artist
Herbie Hancock as well as the more typical DJ heroes like
Grandmaster Flash, Grand Wizard Theodore, and
DJ Premier. After graduating from Baruch College with a degree in psychology, Swift joined one of the top scratching groups of the '90s,
the X-Men (later known as
the X-Ecutioners). In 1992, he won the DMC East Coast Turn Table Championship and DJed with rapper
Akinyele on his cross-country tour. A mixtape favorite, a…
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