WELCOME TO BLOCK PARTY BERLIN. MY NAME IS JAYROE AND THIS IS MY HISTORY.
BLOCK PARTY BERLIN WAS FOUNDED IN 2007 . ALL STARTED 1994 IN EAST BERLIN. AFTER THE FIRST CONTACT JAYROE WAS INFECTED BY THIS CULTURE WHAT COMES OVER THE SEA WITH A PUNCH – HIP HOP
LATER I HAD REALIZED THAT MY FIRST CONTACT WAS A BIT EARLIER. IN THE AGE OF 8 I SIT IN THE BUS OF MY DAD. HE DROVE GUEST DANCERES FROM THE STATES. VERY SPECIAL FEELING CAUSE THE BERLIN WALL WAS ALLREADY REALITY AND THE TOWN WAS SEPERATED. I WAS FASCINATED FROM THE DANCE MOVES AND THE FRIENDLY GIRLS AND BOYS BEFORE AND AFTER THE SHOW. YEARS LATER I FOUND THE DRIVER BOOK OF THIS TIME. HOLY, THE TAGS INSIDE: THANKS FOR ALL LITTLE BOY, THE ROCKSTEADY CREW !!!
ONE LIFE FOR HIP HOP WAS BORN. NOT JUST SOME WORDS. AFTER SCHOOL, I PLAYED A DJ SET AT THE RADIO OF RAP.DE, ONE OF THE FIRST HIP HOP MAGAZINES IN GERMANY.
QUICKLY I WAS INVITED TO WORK IN THE ONLINESHOP, THE FIRST STEPPS FROM HOBBY TO JOB LIFE. AFTER RAP.DE I CAME TO A REALLY YOUNG BUISNESS BY THE NAME OF HIPHOPVINYL.DE, TODAY ITS CALLED HHV.DE
AFTER A LOT OF HARD WORK AND GREAT MEMORIES I WANT TO LEFT THE BUISNESS AFTER 8 YEARS. THE LAST YEARS I WAS THE STORE MANAGER OF THE HHV.DE STREETSTORE BUT THE NEXT STEPS NEEDS TO MOVE.
ALSO I STARTED WITH MY PARTNER ILL O. THE DJ CREW – THE SMELLS, FIRST CARHARTT DJ TEAM IN BERLIN AND INOVATORS IN THE LOST HIP HOP GAME. SO WE BROUGHT DEEP IDEAS IN CLUBS LIKE WMF, CAFE MOSKAU, 103, RELAIS OR CASSIOPEIA.
AT CASSIOPEIA WE FOUND A VENUE FOR THE NEXT YEARS. I WAS ALSO ASKED BY THE CHIEF TO BE A BOOKER FOR 2 YEARS. I HAD THE HONOUR TO BRING NAMES LIKE BILAL, FOREIGN BEGGARS, LADI6, FATIMA AND THE EGLO LIVE BAND OR THE LEGENDARY MOBB DEEP ON STAGE. AS I DID A SHOW WITH FREDDIE GIBBS AT YAAM FOR CASSIOPEIA I WAS FASCINATED FROM THIS LEGENDARY VENUE. FUN FACT, ONE YEAR LATER I WAS ASKED IF I CAN TAKOVER THE BOOKING IN THIS VENUE.
THE REST IS HISTORY, A LOT OF GREAT SHOWS WITH TALIB KWELI, DAVID RODIGAN, ROY AYERS, MOBB DEEP, SOULS OF MIESCHIEF, BLACK MILK, KRS ONE, MASEGO, DENGUE DENGUE DENGUE, PRINCESS NOKIA, XZIBIT, GROUP HOME AND MANY MORE. WITH MY TEAM WE WON THE TROPHYS „BEST MUSICALLY PROGRAMM“ IN 2017 & 2018 AND „BEST VENUE IN GERMANY“ FOR 2019. YES !
AFTER THE CLUBS HAS TO CLOSED IN 2020 I WAS SHOCKED LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IN THE GAME. ALSO I WAS IN THE MAKIN MODUS OF MY BIGGEST DREAM, THE BLOCK PARTY BERLIN FESTIVAL. IN THESE TIMES NOBODY WAS SAVE. NOTHING WAS FIXED. BUT, IF YOU WORK HARD AND BELIEVE IN YOUR DREAMS EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE. GUESS WHAT, 19.09.2020 THE FESTIVAL HAPPENS. STILL 500 PAX LIMITED, BUT AT THE END IT WAS A PIECE BACK TO NORMALITY. WHAT A GREAT NIGHT FOR HIP HOP IN TOWN.
THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU AT MY FUTURE PROJECTS