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Vinony's link graph records 312 inbound references to Kurtis Blow, and connects out to hip-hop, Rainbow/PUSH and International Standard Book Number.
It sits within the topics 1959 births, 20th-century African-American musicians and 20th-century American male rappers.
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Film & TV
New York City, New York, USA
Known for
- N.W.A.: Not Without Alonzo2025
- Eve After Dark — Self2023
- The Hip Hop Nutcracker — Self - Cameo2022
- Beastie Boys Story — Self (archive footage)2020
- Groove Street — Himself2018
- G-Funk — Self2017
- A Very BET Christmas — Self2011
- White Lines and the Fever: The Death of DJ Junebug — Self - Hip-Hop Icon2010
- Disco: Spinning The Story — self2005
- Il segreto del giaguaro — Himself2000
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1959-08-09
Discography
- 8 Million Stories
- Christmas Rappin'1979
- Kurtis Blow1980
- The Breaks1980
- Deuce1981
- Tough1982
- Daydreamin' / Christmas Rappin'1982
- Party Time?1983
- The Best Rapper on the Scene1983
- Ego Trip1984
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 270,110
- Total plays
- 1,204,012
Tags
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. <a href="https:/
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Walker
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Harlem
- Occupation
- rapper
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- hip-hop
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Mercury Records
- Image
- Kurtis Blow im Musiktheater Bad (Hannover, Germany), 2012-03-30.JPG
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- pseudonym
- Kurtis Blow
- start of work period
- 1979-00-00
- date of birth
- 1959-08-09
- Commons category
- Kurtis Blow
- nominated for
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song
- social media followers
- 38361
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
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