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Kurtis Blow was barely 21 when “The Breaks” stopped hip-hop fans in their tracks. Released in 1980 as a follow-up to his debut single, “Christmas Rappin’,the song’s funky bassline ...
“The Breaks,” by Kurtis Blow (1980) Kurtis Blow: This was the follow-up song from “Christmas Rappin’.”Let me talk about the record deal, because I was the first MC signed to a major ...
Kurtis Walker (born August 9, 1959), [2] known professionally by his stage name Kurtis Blow, is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. [3] Walker is the first commercially successful rapper and the first to sign with a major record label. [4] "
While speaking with BlowHipHopTV, the Black Hippy member said that the project is intended to introduce listeners to the man behind the mic: I wanted to do something to where all of my supporters and people that’s following me could actually witness the entire growth of the whole situation. So Longterm was just an introduction.
The 1995 Source Awards were held at the Paramount Theater in New York City on August 3, 1995. The awards show, organized by the Source Magazine, was one of the most infamous events in the history of hip-hop.
H.I.P. H.O.P. was France's first television show and first regular nationwide weekly show in the world to be dedicated to the hip hop culture.It was broadcast each Sunday afternoon on the French national channel TF1 in 1984, from January 14, for 43 weeks, which had a certain impact on the beginnings of the French hip hop scene.
Douglas Davis (born September 17, 1966), known professionally as Doug E. Fresh, is a Barbadian-born American rapper, record producer, and beatboxer, also known as the "Human Beat Box".
According to Blow, the idea for the song came from his then-girlfriend (whom he later married), who told him, "You need to make a song about basketball, it's the No. 1 sport for African-Americans and nobody has done it yet."