[In this interview Mr. Fields talks about the origin of the DJ as musicians during the early days of hip-hop and his childhood in Queens. Bernard Fields was born on April 10th, 1959 in Harlem. His family moved to Brooklyn and finally to South Ozone Park, Queens in 1966 where he lived for the rest of his life. He first started to play music with other local kids in his basement and then later in public spaces such as Ajax Park and Baisley Park in Jamaica, Queens. He became interested in DJ’ing and started to think seriously about it as an art form when his hip-hop group was asked to play in a local club and he saw their name on a flyer. Bernard got his nickname "DJ Casino" while he was doing graffiti on a wall.]
