[youtube id=”V9xIsaO-nRQ”] Kurtis Blow talks to VladTV about Dexter King asking him to create a song for his father Martin Luther King Jr. and how Prince paid $90,000 to create the video. El DeBarge, Whitney Houston, Stacy Lattisaw, New Edition and Stephanie Mills were some of the artists to appearContinue Reading
When the story of hip-hop is told most times it is always the Holy Trinity of Herc, Bambaataa and Grandmaster Flash. They are indeed pioneers but for some reason DJ Hollywood’s story always gets lost in the other stories. But it is Hollywood who opened the floodgate for the emceeContinue Reading
[youtube id=”5Y7Qy7VrWxk”] “King Holiday” was recorded and released in 1986 and it happened because Dexter King called Kurtis Blow to ask for him help raising money for the King Foundation. Blow wrote the song with Phil Barnes and Melle Mel. Together they were able to organize a diverse group ofContinue Reading
