From this album, the song “If I Ruled the World” became a top 5 hit on Billboard’s R & B chart.
He released 10 Albums over 11 years - The first entitled “Kurtis Blow”, his full length debut and his second, a Top 50 Pop Album “Deuce,” a big hit across Europe “Party Time” which featured a pioneering fusion of Rap and Go‑Go “Ego Trip,” which includes the hits “8 Million Stories”, “AJ”, and “Basketball” and in 1985, “America.” “America’s video innovation received a MTV Monitor Award. Its gold follow‑up “The Breaks” helped ignite a still‑spreading international “Rap Attack.” “The Breaks” was the first certified gold rap song for Hip Hop. Mercury released “Christmas Rappin,” and it sold over 400,000 copies and it became an annual classic. In 1979, at the age of twenty, Kurtis Blow became the first Rapper to be signed by a major label. In 1974 Kurtis enrolled into the High School of Music & Arts where he studied art and music to tone his Hip Hop crafts. From 1972-1979, Kurtis was a DJ, BBoy and MC in Harlem and the Bronx and throughout the NY area. Kurtis Blow, one of the founders and creators of recorded rap, stands as an emerging leader in a new generation of rappers with street sense, social criticism, and commercial savvy, a timeless artist and hip hop legend, Kurtis Blow has been instrumental in raising up a generation of MC’s, and he will soon carry the torch for hip hop music into new arenas.Ī young Kurt Walker, in 1972, was the DJ for his friend’s (Tony Rome) 13 thbirthday party.
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