Norman Rogers (known by his
stage name Terminator X) is best known as the
producer DJ of the
rap group
Public Enemy, which he left in
1999. He has also produced two solo albums,
Terminator X & The Valley of Jeep Beats (1991) and
Super Bad (1994), featuring, among others,
Chuck D,
Sister Souljah,
Kool DJ Herc, the
Cold Crush Brothers, and a
Bass music track by the Punk Barbarians.
Due to his publicly reserved nature, it has been said that Terminator X "speaks with his hands" in reference to his adept
scratching abilities. Terminator X quit the hip-hop scene in 2003 and has been running an
ostrich farm in South Carolina.
Origin of name
Terminator's original stage name was
DJ Mellow D. This was the name by which he is mentioned in the lyrics of the Public Enemy
singlePublic Enemy #1. Chuck D later gave him the name "Terminator X". As Chuck D recounts: "I gave him the name Terminator X, which meant that he was terminating all the nonsense, and the X symbolized the unknown, a terminating of all the things we think we believe, that we really don't know about." Chuck D goes on to explain that Terminator initially did not like his new name.
Albums
