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Frederick Crute (born November 27, 1956), known professionally as Kool DJ Red Alert, is an Antiguan-American disc jockey who rose to fame on WRKS 98.7 Kiss FM in New York City and is recognized as one of the founding fathers of hip hop music and culture.
Red Alert helped ignite The Bridge Wars by breaking the Boogie Down Productions (BDP) track "South Bronx" on his radio show. The track was a direct response to MC Shan of the Juice Crew's "The Bridge," produced by Marley Marl. Red Alert would also do club gigs with BDP in support of their rivalry against the Juice Crew and later toured with BDP after the death of Scott La Rock in 1987, though as a hype man rather than as a DJ.