Caz took over the popular, long-running event in 2019, and this year Grand Wizard Theodore, Lord Finesse, DJ Tony Touch, and more, are slated to spin.
Rock the Bells previously caught up with Caz to talk about his career, the impact of the legendary Cold Crush Brothers on HIp-Hop, and what being free really means.
"Throughout my career, as far as recording was concerned, that was in somebody else's hands," he explained about his concept of freedom. "When I recorded, if I recorded, who I recorded, who does the music – that was all out of my hands. I didn't really feel true independence until my later years in Hip-Hop, when I wasn't signed to nothing, when I had no obligations to anything and everything was just pure Hip-Hop. It was just for the love of Hip-Hop. It was me being innovative, coming up with different things and different vehicles for Hip-Hop. That's freedom. That's career freedom for me; being able to choose and pick what I want to do."
