Davy DMX

Davy DMX is the stage name of David Reeves, a figure in hip-hop music. His career began in his hometown of Queens, New York as a DJ in the late 1970s. He is mostly known for his popular single "One for the Treble" released in 1984. Davy DMX was a member of Orange Krush along with Larry Smith notable for the single "Action" in 1981, but their chief credit was doing all the music for Run DMC's first two albums. Orange Krush are also credited on Lovebug Starski's "You Gotta Believe" and Sweet G's "Games People Play", both on Fever Records in 1983. Davy DMX went on to replace DJ Run as Kurtis Blow's DJ (including a Madison Square Garden performance opening for The Commodores). He was also writing songs and playing guitar for some of Blow's tracks.

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One of Davy DMX's major mainstream projects was as a member of the Run DMC project The Afros. Davy DMX and Kurtis Blow both contributed to the early development of sampling in Hip Hop in the early 1980s. Davy DMX as produced for several prominent artists; Public Enemy's "Hit The Road Jack", the Fat Boys' "Hard Core Reggae" and "Jailhouse Rap", The Fat Boys are Back LP. Wrote and produced Run DMC's "Pause", "Not Just Another Groove", Kurtis Blow's "If I Ruled the World", "Rockin", "Hello Baby", "AJ is Cool", "The Breaks" and "AJ Scratch Meets Davy D". Co-produced the tracks "Beats to the Rhyme" and "Run's House" and their album Tougher Than Leather. Wrote and produced "Pump Me Up", Spoonie Gee's "Big Beat" and "Street Girl".

Davy DMX later submitted Davy's Ride, an LP in 1987 at Def Jam. It featured a track called "Keep Your Distance" which featured DJ Hurricane who later found fame as a solo artist but also was the Beastie Boys' touring DJ. Davy DMX's last major mainstream project was as a member of the Run DMC project The Afros. Currently Davy is the chairman of Street Credit Music Group diverse organization that can be credited with the production and promotions of new artists. He tours with Public Enemy on bass guitar. "I Remember Hip Hop" by Davy DMX featuring Chuck D & Cheese is the opening track of the Streetsounds Nu Electro Volume 4 compilation released in April 2012.