On Friday, hip-hop legend Kool DJ Red Alert was honored with his own statue in his home neighborhood as part of the ongoing Harlem Sculpture Gardens exhibit.

Kool DJ Red Alert himself was in Montefiore Park as shouts of "Yeahhhhh!" echoed from the crowd when his likeness, named for his signature chant, was unveiled.

"This is something that's very rare, but in blessings, I'm here to witness it," Kool DJ Red Alert said.

Red Alert remains a staple in hip-hop history, credited with inventing the mixtape as Afrika Bambaataa's DJ, still mixing on WBLS six days a week, 40 years after he first hit the airwaves.

"I had something that you do as a hobby, and then you get a couple dollars, and it becomes a hustle, not knowing it would establish me a career," he reminisced.

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