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Kurtis Blow is tagged as: hip-hop, rap, old school, hip hop, 80s

Curtis “Kurtis Blow” Walker, (born on August 9, 1959, in Harlem, New York) is one of the pioneer rappers in the recording industry, and hip hop’s first mainstream star. “The Breaks” (1980) is one of hip hop’s undisputed classics, with its catchy disco tune and rapping style. Blow was influenced by DJ Hollywood.
He became an MC in his own right around 1977, and changed his name to Kurtis Blow (as in a body blow) at the suggestion of his manager, future rap mogul Russell Simmons. Blow began his career in New York City in the mid-1970s, when he was a breakdancer until switching to DJing under the name Kool DJ Kurt and then finally rapping. He was the first rapper to record a full length album on a major label (1979). This occurred after recording “Christmas Rappin”, his first single; during this time, “Rapper’s Delight” by the Sugarhill Gang became the first hit for hip hop. The whole field was derided as a fad, though, and thus there was much resistance to signing Blow. In 1980 he opened for reggae legend Bob Marley at the Madison Square Garden where he performed for an audience of 20,000.
He has appeared in several feature films, including Krush Groove and The Show. A duet with rock icon Bob Dylan called ̶...
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Top 10 Kurtis Blow Songs
The Breaks
Basketball
If I Ruled The World
Christmas Rappin'
The Breaks (Re-Recorded / Remastered)
Hard Times
AJ Scratch
8 Million Stories
Party Time
Tough
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Kurtis Blow
The Breaks (Re-Recorded / Remastered)
Mercury
Kingdom Blow
Best Of / 20th Century
Ego Trip
America
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Kurtis Blow
Deuce
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