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Kurtis Blow (natural Kurtis Walker August 9, 1959) is one of the pioneer rappers in the recording industry and hip hop's number one mainstream star. "The Breaks" (1979) is one of hip hop's unchallenged classics, using its catchy disco tune and rapping style. Blow was influenced by DJ Hollywood. Blow began his career within New York City in the mid-1970s, when he was the breakdancer until switching to DJing and then rapping. He was the foremost rapper to record the fully length album in a major label (1980). This occurred fallowing recording "Christmas Rappin", his 1st lone; when you took this instance, "Rappers Delight" by the Sugarhill Gang became the number 1 hit for hip hop. A whole field was derided as a craze, though, & so there was very much trend lines to signing Blow. He has appeared in the feature films Krush Groove and The Show. Bob Dylan appeared on Kurtis Blow's 1986 album Kingdom Blow.
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RollingStone.com: Kurtis Blow Features a biography, discography with Real Audio samples, and access to artist message boards. At RollingStone.com. VH1: Kurtis Blow News, audio, links and biography. |
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