![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Over 1977-1978, Blow's club gigs around Harlem and the Bronx made him an underground sensation, and Billboard magazine writer Robert Ford approached Simmons about making a record.Latest Bollywood Songs Brahmastra Songs | Champagne Talk Songs | Vikram Vedha Songs | Liger Songs | Doctor G Songs | Cuttputlli Songs | Goodbye Songs | Kesariya (From "Brahmastra") Songs | RRR (Hindi) Songs | Harry's House Songs | Raksha Bandhan Songs | Top New Hindi Songs Kesariya (From "Brahmastra") Song | Manike (From "Thank God") Song | Teri Galliyon Se Song | Baarish Aayi Hai Song | Rasiya (From "Brahmastra" Song | Mahi Mera Dil (From "Dhokha Round D Corner") Song | Coka 2.0 (From "Liger") Song | Har Jagah Tu (From "Doctor G") Song | Tere Vich Rab Disda Song | Top Albums New Hindi Songs | New International Songs | New Punjabi Songs | New Tamil Songs | New Telugu Songs | New Kannada Songs | New Malayalam Songs | New Bhojpuri Songs | New Devotional Songs | New Marathi Songs | New Ghazals & Sufi Songs | New Bengali Songs | New Gujarati Songs | New Haryanvi Songs | New Instrumental Songs | New Rajasthani Songs | Bollywood Top Artists Badshah | Arijit Singh | Sonu Nigam | Sunidhi Chauhan | Shreya Ghoshal | Kishore Kumar | Mohammed Rafi | Lata Mangeshkar | Asha Bhosle | K.J. Blow performed with legendary DJs like Grandmaster Flash, and for a time his regular DJ was Simmons' teenage brother Joseph - who, after changing his stage name from 'Son of Kurtis Blow,' would go on to become the first half of Run-D.M.C. ![]() 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 Def Jam founder and rap mogul Russell Simmons. He was in on the earliest stages of hip-hop culture in the '70s - first as a breakdancer, then as a block-party and club DJ performing under the name Kool DJ Kurt after enrolling at CCNY in 1976, he also served as program director for the college radio station. Kurtis Blow was born Kurtis Walker in Harlem in 1959. But at his very best, Blow epitomizes the virtues of the old school: ingratiating, strutting party music that captures the exuberance of an art form still in its youth. ![]()
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