Question: Slow was led to pursue DJing by a first encounter with what hip hop act founded in Hollis, Queens in 1981?

Context articles: New Zealand hip hop
Run-DMC
Hip hop
List of hip hop festivals
Blades (hip hop group)
Outkast discography
Grandmaster Flash
Hip hop music
Public Enemy (group)
Slow (DJ)

New Zealand hip hop derives from the wider hip hop cultural movement originating amongst African Americans in the United States.
 Like the parent movement, New Zealand hip hop consists of four parts: rapping, DJing, graffiti art and breakdancing.
 The first element of hip hop to reach New Zealand was breakdancing, which gained notoriety after the release of the 1979 movie "The Warriors".
 The first hip hop hit single, "Rapper's Delight" by the Sugarhill Gang, became a hit in New Zealand when it was released there in 1980, a year after it was released in the United States.
 By the middle of the 1980s, breakdancing and graffiti art were established in urban areas like Wellington and Christchurch.
 By the early 1990s hip hop became a part of mainstream New Zealand culture.
Run-D.M.C.
 was an American hip hop group from Hollis, Queens, New York, founded in 1981 by Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels, and Jason Mizell.
 Run-D.M.C.
 is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential acts in the history of hip hop culture.
 Run-D.M.C.
 is one of the most famous hip-hop acts of the 1980s who, along with LL Cool J, The Beastie Boys, and Public Enemy, signified the advent of the new school of hip-hop music.
 Run-D.M.C.
 were the first group in the genre to have a gold album ("Run–D.M.C.", 1984) and be nominated for a Grammy Award.
 They were the first to earn a platinum record ("King of Rock", 1985), the first to earn a multiplatinum certification ("Raising Hell", 1986), the first to have videos on MTV, and the first to appear on "American Bandstand" and the cover of "Rolling Stone".
 Run-D.M.C.
 was the only hip hop act to perform at Live Aid in 1985.
Hip hop or hip-hop is a subculture and art movement developed in South Bronx in New York City during the late 1970s.
 While people unfamiliar with hip hop culture often use the expression "hip hop" to refer exclusively to hip hop music (also called "rap"), Hip hop is characterized by nine distinct elements or expressive realms, of which hip hop music is only four elements (rapping, djaying, beatboxing and breaking).
 Afrika Bambaataa of the hip hop collective Zulu Nation outlined the pillars of hip hop culture, coining the terms: "rapping" (also called MCing or emceeing), a rhythmic vocal rhyming style (orality); DJing (and turntablism), which is making music with record players and DJ mixers (aural/sound and music creation); b-boying/b-girling/breakdancing (movement/dance); and graffiti art, which he called "aerosol writin'", although many say that the graffiti that hip hop adopted had been around years earlier, and had nothing to do with hip hop culture.
 (visual art).
 Other elements of hip hop subculture and arts movements beyond the main four are: hip hop culture and historical knowledge of the movement (intellectual/philosophical); beatboxing, a percussive vocal style; street entrepreneurship; hip hop language; and hip hop fashion and style, among others.
The following is an incomplete list of hip hop festivals, which encapsulates music festivals focused on hip hop music or other elements of hip hop culture.
 Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music, or hip-hop music, is a music genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted.
 It developed as part of hip hop culture, a subculture defined by four key stylistic elements: MCing/rapping, DJing/scratching, break dancing, and graffiti writing.
 Other elements include sampling (or synthesis), and beatboxing.
Blades formerly known as Blades of Hades, are an Australian hip hop group from Newcastle.
 Since forming in the late 1990s they have released four albums, "Blades Of Hades", "This Installment", "Shadow Art" in 2008, and "The Leak" in 2013.
 The group took its name from Greek mythology, where Hades was the Gatekeeper of the Underworld.
 Their hardcore style lyrics and dark production are reminiscent of many British Hip Hop 'Britcore' acts, such II Tone Committee, Hijack and Killa Instinct.
 The group have developed a strong following overseas, having performed at many festivals in Europe, including Germany's "Mass Hysteria" in Hamburg.
 In 2008, they were the first independent Australian hip hop act to perform at the Glastonbury Festival in the United Kingdom.
The discography of Outkast, an American hip hop duo consisting of rappers André 3000 and Big Boi, consists of five studio albums, one compilation album, one soundtrack album, one video album, thirty-two singles (including eight as featured artists), three promotional singles and twenty-one music videos.
 In 1992, Outkast became the first hip hop act to be signed to the label LaFace Records; with their first studio album "Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik" (1994) that debuted at number 20 on the US "Billboard" 200.
 "Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik" spawned the commercially successful single "Player's Ball" that has reached at number 37 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100.
 It was later certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
 Their following two albums, "ATLiens" (1996) and "Aquemini" (1998), were commercially successful in the United States; both albums peaked at number two on the "Billboard" 200, and were certified double-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
 Three singles were solicited from each album; all three from "ATLiens" charted on the "Billboard" Hot 100, with "Elevators (Me & You)" peaking at number 12, making it the most successful.
 The lead single from "Aquemini", "Rosa Parks", peaked at number 55 on the "Billboard" Hot 100: two more singles, "Skew It on the Bar-B" and "Da Art of Storytellin' (Pt. 1)", were released from the album.
 In 1998, Outkast collaborated with hip hop group Goodie Mob on the single "Black Ice (Sky High)" and rapper Cool Breeze on the single "Watch for the Hook"; both singles peaked at numbers 50 and 73 on the "Billboard" Hot 100, respectively.
Joseph Saddler (born January 1, 1958), better known as Grandmaster Flash, is a Bajan-American hip hop recording artist and DJ.
 He is considered to be one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing, cutting, scratching and mixing.
 Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007, becoming the first hip hop act to be honored.
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop or rap music, is a music genre developed in the United States by inner-city African Americans in the 1970s which consists of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted.
 It developed as part of hip hop culture, a subculture defined by four key stylistic elements: MCing/rapping, DJing/scratching with turntables, break dancing, and graffiti writing.
 Other elements include sampling beats or bass lines from records (or synthesized beats and sounds), and rhythmic beatboxing.
 While often used to refer solely to rapping, "hip hop" more properly denotes the practice of the entire subculture.
 The term "hip hop music" is sometimes used synonymously with the term "rap music", though rapping is not a required component of hip hop music; the genre may also incorporate other elements of hip hop culture, including DJing, turntablism, scratching, beatboxing, and instrumental tracks.
Public Enemy is an American hip hop group consisting of Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Professor Griff, Khari Wynn, DJ Lord, and the S1W group.
 Formed on Long Island, New York, in 1986, they are known for their politically charged music and criticism of the American media, with an active interest in the frustrations and concerns of the African American community.
 Their first four albums during the late 1980s and early 1990s were all certified either gold or platinum and were, according to music critic Robert Hilburn in 1998, "the most acclaimed body of work ever by a hip hop act".
 Critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine called them "the most influential and radical band of their time."
Slow or DJ Slow (born Vellu Maurola, 1975, in Vantaa, Finland) is a Finnish DJ and music producer.
 His first encounters with hip hop acts such as Run-DMC, Public Enemy and Eric B & Rakim led him to pursue career in DJing, later making music and remixing others tracks.
 Slow is known for his nu-jazz style and for his production of commercial music for high-profile projects for advertising, TV, and cinema.