Kurtis Blow
USA
Born: 09 August 1959
Years Active: 70, 80, 90, 2000
Styles: Old-School Rap, Hip-Hop/Urban, Hip-Hop/Urban
As the first commercially successful rap artist, Kurtis Blow is a towering figure in hip-hop history. His popularity and charisma helped prove that rap music was something more than a flash-in-the-pan novelty, paving the way for the even greater advances of Grandmaster Flash and Run-D.M.C. Blow was the first rapper to sign with (and release an album for) a major label; the first to have a single certified gold (1980's landmark "The Breaks"); the first to embark on a national (and international) concert tour; and the first to cement rap's mainst...
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