elling ▁large ▁numbers . ▁ ▁Cal der ▁got ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁song writ ers ▁Thomas ▁Dol by ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁catch y ▁hook ▁for ▁a ▁local ▁DJ ▁Mr . ▁Magic ▁to ▁rap ▁over . ▁ ▁Mr . ▁Magic ▁had ▁to ▁cancel ▁at ▁the ▁last ▁minute , ▁but ▁fort un ately ▁he ▁knew ▁another ▁ra pper , ▁J al il ▁H utch ins . ▁ ▁We iss ' s ▁stress ▁level ▁shot ▁up ▁when ▁H utch ins ▁came ▁to ▁the ▁session ▁with ▁another ▁unknown ▁ra pper ▁named ▁E c st asy ▁and ▁no ▁rh ym es . ▁ ▁After ▁two ▁days , ▁the ▁group ▁created ▁and ▁recorded ▁" Mag ic ' s ▁W and " ▁which ▁turned ▁into ▁a ▁hit ▁single . ▁ ▁We iss ▁named ▁the ▁group ▁H oud ini , ▁but ▁Cal der ▁changed ▁it ▁to ▁Wh od ini . ▁ ▁Cal der ▁fle w ▁the ▁group ▁to ▁London ▁to ▁record ▁an ▁album , ▁then ▁to ▁Germany ▁to ▁record ▁with ▁producer ▁Kon rad ▁" Con ny " ▁Pl ank ▁of ▁De vo ▁and ▁Ult ra vo x ▁fame . ▁ ▁While ▁the ▁group ▁would ▁eventually ▁leave ▁J ive ▁after ▁a ▁few ▁albums , ▁the ▁early ▁success ▁resulted ▁in ▁J ive ▁becoming ▁a ▁label ▁with ▁a ▁focus ▁on ▁hip - h op ▁artists ▁throughout ▁the ▁eight ies . ▁ ▁At ▁a ▁time ▁when ▁the ▁record ▁establishment ▁wouldn ' t ▁touch ▁" gh etto " ▁music ▁like ▁rap , ▁a ▁white ▁South ▁African ▁successfully ▁market ed ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁ed gi est ▁black ▁music