Kurtis Blow Inducted Into Bronx Walk of Fame
By Tiffany Hamilton
Date: 6/22/2005 3:00 pm
Hip-Hop pioneer Kurtis Blow will be honored at a ceremony to forever solidify the emcee’s permanent place in Hip-Hop by inducting him into the Bronx Walk of Fame.
The Bronx Walk of Fame honors various people who have contributed to the Bronx’s legacy. Blow, despite being from Harlem, was a fixture on the scene during the early development of Hip-Hop in the Bronx from the 1970’s onward.
In 1979, Kurtis Blow became the first rapper to be signed by a major label, after his independently released hit “Christmas Rappin'," helped him land a deal with Mercury.
Mercury released “Christmas Rappin” and it sold over 400,000 copies and became an annual classic.
Its follow-up “The Breaks” helped ignite Hip-Hop on a global basis and earned Blow the first certified Gold single by a rapper.
The award ceremony and unveiling of Kurtis Blow's street sign takes place June 26th at 11AM @ 851 Grand Concourse Bronx Supreme Court Building (161st Street & The Grand Concourse).
Other notables that have been inducted include Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5, KRS-One, boxer Jake Lamotta, Colin Powell, Stanley Kubrick and others.
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