Every Sunday at 12pm PST, Bay Area DJs Ren the Vinyl Archaeologist (True Skool) and DJ Platurn of the Oakland Faders have been hosting a Hip Hop Trivia game named, "Who Sampled?". Music fans tune in and to guess "who sampled" select tunes and the songs they were sampled in.

It's a well known fact that hip hop music is derived from sampling mostly funk, soul, jazz, and any source that's got a funky break.  Crate diggers Ren the Vinyl Archaeologist and DJ Platurn bust out their collections to see if people can recognize the sample from classic hip hop records.  Whoever guesses the name of the artist and the song it was sampled in wins a point. For example, if they play Chic's "Good Times", the answer would be Sugar Hill Gang "Rapper's Delight."  They play a total of 20 tracks for the hour show and whoever has the most points wins.  The prizes range from CDs, stickers and cocktails from sponsor Hello Stranger Bar, located in downtown Oakland.  Anyone is welcome to play!

To play, participants are asked to create a twitch.tv account and to follow twitch.tv/trueskool.  The answers are submitted through the chat!

The live stream is available at True Skool's new hip hop streaming platform TrueSkoolTV.com, which serves as hip hop one-stop shop, complete with music video channels, interviews, music documentaries, DJ live streams, movies, comedy, politics and more!

Tune in at TrueSkoolTV.com/whosampled every Sunday at 12pm PST

ABOUT REN THE VINYL ARCHAEOLOGIST

As a Bay Area resident hailing from New York, Ren made his mark as the founder of True Skool (est. '99). Originally a party which featured Hip Hop legends, emerging artists and world-class turntablists, the brand has evolved into an urban music entertainment guide and event marketing company. As a DJ, he is known for mastering a diverse range of music to rock any crowd. He credits his musical sensiblities to his experience in growing up in the East Coast and experience in the New York City club scene as a regular at legendary parties like NASA, Giant Step and the Limelight. Ren has also spun alongside the top DJs in the world and shared billing with world-renowned artists, such as Z-Trip, Jazzy Jeff, Q-Bert, Mixmaster Mike, Masters at Work (Kenny Dope & Louis Vega), A-Trak, Nightmares on Wax, Rakim, Jay Electronica, Talib Kweli, KRS-One, Chuck D, Wu-Tang Clan and the list goes on and on. He made appearances at several festivals such as Outside Lands, Bottlerock, Treasure Island Music Festival and Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival.

Ren is a professional party rocker who can put it down among the best of them with a vast arsenal of weapons to drop on any dancefloor, from hip hop, reggae, soul to house and electronic music. He has graced many venues with his non-stop seemless sets with appearances at The Great Northern, The Independent, Regency Ballroom, Temple, 1015, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and Sony Metreon, among a slew of venues in the Bay Area. In addition, his mixes have been heard on the Bay's new throwback station Q102.1 FM.  You can hear him spinning on his weekly radio show "True Skool Radio" every Friday from 12pm-1pm on AllDayPlay.fm.  He is a regular contributor to KPFA's "Hardknock Radio" show with Davey D and Anita Johnson which airs every weekday from 4pm-5pm on 94.1FM.

ABOUT DJ PLATURN

A 26 year veteran of the music industry, Platurn has traveled the world many times over bringing quality music to multiple corners of the globe. With a client list that includes Red Bull, Toyota, Adidas, Pixar, Monster Cable, MTV, and the Golden State Warriors to name a few, he’s built a reputation as a music man with vision plus a deep sense of community, and in turn preserving crucial aspects of DJ and music culture. Founder of the Oakland Faders and The 45 Sessions, he has solidified himself as a force to be reckoned with in the ever changing entertainment industry landscape.

Career highlights include:

*Rocking parties worldwide including engagements in Asia, Australia, Europe, Canada, South America, Scandinavia, and countless venues throughout the US and in his home base of San Francisco’s Bay Area.

*Played alongside some of the biggest names in the industry including De La Soul & DJ Maseo, Prince Paul, A-Trak (Fools Gold), Janelle Monae, Z-Trip, Fishbone, Quest Love (The Roots), DJ Premier (Gang Starr), MF Doom, Triple Threat DJs, Pete Rock, Mixmaster Mike (Beastie Boys), Mayer Hawthorne (Stones Throw), Nu-Mark (Jurassic Five), Rob Swift (X-Ecutioners), Ali Shaheed Muhammad (Tribe Called Quest), Jazzy Jeff, DJ Spinna, Large Professor, The Beat Junkies, DJ Q-Bert, The Eh! Team DJs, DJ Craze, DJ Klever, Faust & Shortee, Zion I & The Grouch, Latyrx, DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist, Dan The Automator, Das Efx, Hieroglyphics, Boot Camp Click, Rich Medina, DJ Muggs (Cypress Hill), Jazzy Jay, DJ Scratch (EPMD), The Bladerunners, Spinderella (Salt & Pepa), and many more.

*Produced music for and collaborated with filmmakers, award winning documentarians, Grammy nominated vocalists, and groundbreaking visual artists. Contributed film score to the feature length documentary “A Lovely Day” (as The Midnite Sons). Musical contributor to Michael Rapaport’s Tribe Called Quest documentary, “Beats, Rhymes, & Life, + numerous other solo projects and collaborations.

*Owner/operator of Platurn Productions as DJ and Event/Music Producer. Founded the Oakland Faders in 2000 with partner DJ Spair and the revered 45 Sessions back in 2010, the preeminent outlet for 7” culture on the West Coast of the United States.