"I didn't have a computer so the first [Bomb Hip Hop Magazine] issue is actually done on my mum’s typewriter..."

"There was no Oakland rap in 1979 when Sugar Hill Gang came in, it did not exist. I thought it was so cool that people could do that..."

Oras is regarded by Shadow as being his first mentor. The two met in 1986 as Oras was the top DJ at KDVS, the UC Davis college radio.