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1. www.npr.org › 2023/07/25 › 1189060953Kurtis Blow's first album in 1980 changed the game for hip-hop -...

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   Jul 25, 2023 · American rapper, singer and songwriter Kurtis Blow, circa 1980. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. What were the most important albums in hip-hop history? Rap was different before that album —...

2. www.udiscovermusic.com › stories › kurtis-blow-featureKurtis Blow: The Prototype For Modern Hip-Hop | uDiscover

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   Aug 9, 2023 · Kurtis Blow: The Prototype For Modern Hip-Hop | uDiscover. How a Harlem-born multi-hyphenate became the blueprint for the modern MC. Published on. August 9, 2023. By. Jerry Barrow. Photo:...

3. www.popmatters.com › kurtis-blow-interview-2641198423Hip-Hop Legend Kurtis Blow: The Interview | PopMatters

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   Nov 11, 2019 · Kurtis Blow was there at the beginning of hip-hop. Without him, the genre may never have become the worldwide phenomenon that it is today. To list off, Blow was the first rapper to sign to a...

4. www.npr.org › 2023/07/25 › 1189780610Kurtis Blow breaks hip-hop nationally with his 1980 debut

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   Jul 25, 2023 · Kurtis Blow breaks hip-hop nationally with his 1980 debut. July 25, 20237:53 AM ET. Heard on Morning Edition. 3-Minute Listen. Playlist. Hip-hop is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year....

5. www.smithsonianmag.com › smithsonian-institution › every-yearEvery Year Just 'Bout This Time, Kurtis Blow Celebrates With a...

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   Dec 3, 2019 · The talented and ambitious Harlemite Kurtis Blow—born Curtis Walker (above ca. 1979)—said his role model was the actor, singer and civil rights activist Paul Robeson. “Robeson was...

6. www.houstonpublicmedia.org › npr › 2023/07/25Kurtis Blow breaks hip-hop nationally with his 1980 debut

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   Jul 25, 2023 · | July 25, 2023, 7:38 AM. Share. Listen. 00:00. American rapper, singer and songwriter Kurtis Blow, circa 1980. Michael Ochs Archives | Getty Images. What were the most important albums in...

7. www.npr.org › rapper-turned-minister-kurtis-blow-is-50Rapper Turned Minister Kurtis Blow Is 50 : NPR

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   Aug 9, 2009 · Kurtis Blow, one of the first superstars of rap, celebrates his 50th birthday Sunday. His 1980 megahit "The Breaks" introduced to the world a new sound that would come to be called "rap." NPR's...