Shout out to Jose Feliciano a.k.a DJ 3rd Rail for this Parker LEE Williams a.k.a P-LEE FRESH Tribute which will be aired on the Dedicated Hip-Hop Mixshow, on December 13rd 2021 (SUN-MON 12-5AM CST on Chicago's WNUR 89.3FM & www.wnur.org )
"P-LEE was the first person to have a hip hop show on WNUR in the mid 80's, so it's only right that we at WNUR pay our respect to this Chicago hip hop icon. We will be doing a all CHICAGO hip hop artist show. (MC'S, groups, producers) The first part of the show will be songs that P-Lee produced.
Our first 3 records we put out under the Subway Hip Hop Records label were a joint collaboration with his Jazz Child Records label. He produced many songs on those records. 2 singles with Akbar and 1 single with "Rise" from the original Demigodz.
Originally from NYC he came to Chicago in the early 80's. He had two missions. To make Chicago look and sound like New York City. As one of the first graf writers and the first to have a hip hop show on the legendary WNUR station, he accomplished his mission.
His tags influenced hundreds and his radio show introduced hip hop to thousands weekly. He later on became a producer and that was where he would would make his mark world wide. Producing Jamalski's album and forming the Chicago legendary "Mental Giants" crew with him and MC Akbar. As a producer he worked with Grandmaster Caz, Busy Bee, The Cold Crush Brothers and many more. He was the first to throw hip hop parties at Stepps.
Later on he worked his way up on the Oprah Winfrey show from intern to music director. Knowing him over the decades and working with him on records has been a blessing. Thank you P-LEE for all you did. May you rest in peace." - courtesy of DJ 3rd Rail
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