Mickey 'Mixin' Oliver

CTL-E-0551 · Person · 1981

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South Side-born Mickey Oliver was a founding member of the Hot Mix 5 on WBMX (1981), known for his editing and turntable skills, and later started Hot Mix 5 Records with Kenny Jason and Ralphi Rosario.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MUSIC-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-MUSIC-001:music-001-infra-025; source research type(s): person. Description completed 2026-10-03 from the source research record (claims) during the KG completion pass.

Sources

Wikipedia, 'Hot Mix 5'; YouTube archive bio (IvoryJoeMixes)

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