I’m sad to learn that a few hours ago, today, April 3rd, 2008 that my boy Frosty Freeze has left us. Over the last decade, I didn’t get many opportunities to see Frosty, but whenever we did, there was always an abundance of love and fond feelings between us.
You see, way before I was down with Doze or West or Poke or Tc5 and Fame City, my sister Pat brought home this dude named Kano Tc5. I was 13 years old when Kano took me to the legendary nightclub, the Roxy where parts of the movie Beat Street was filmed. At the time, the Roxy was Hip-Hop’s mecca. This is where I met my friends Roz-One and Frosty Freeze for the first time, along with Crazy Legs, Dondi, members of the New York City Breakers and just about everybody who was somebody in the mid-80’s. The thing was that I was only a shy, little, dirty Puerto Rican kid and nobody paid much attention to me. Roz-One and Frosty immediately took me under their wing and showed me mad love my first night at the Roxy. Soon afterwards, I got my first job as a messenger in midtown. This was way before the fax machine and e-mail was even thought of. Roz-One and Frosty were also messengers. Frosty for Lee’s Art on 57th street. This is where Roz and I would meet up with Frosty on many a perfect Spring afternoon, neglect our duties to hang out for a little while and smoke some weed. Simple good times that never fail to bring a smile to my face.
I can honestly say that in the twenty six years since I’ve met Frosty, he has shown me nothing but love. He never disrespected once. He was a rare character this way, especially in Hip-Hop in the 80’s where dissing was a way of life. I’m going to miss dude a lot and I know I’m far from alone in this. To have really known Frosty was to love him. Everybody dies. It’s just a part of life that I’ve accepted and become comfortable with. It’s been a very long time since I’ve shed a tear over someone I lost. But I just couldn’t help but shed some for Frosty, even as I write this. We didn’t just lose a Hip-Hop legend and pioneer, we lost a very beautiful soul. Rest in peace, Frosty. I love you.
Posted on April 03, 2008 at 01:25 PM | Comment (5 comments)
