Kurtis Blow

Kurtis Blow Takes The Rap

Report and Interview by Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, January 1980

ASK KURTIS BLOW about 'Another One Bites the Dust' and his reply is quick and to the point. "That's my 'Christmas Rappin''." ...

Kurtis Blow Raps His Way To The Top

Report and Interview by John Morthland, Rolling Stone, March 1981

The sound of the streets hits the heartland ...

Rap, Rap, Rapping At Top 10’s Door: Kurtis Blow and Company

Interview by Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, June 1981

Twas the night before Christmas and allthrough the house...Hold it, hold it. That’s PLAYED OUT.Don’t give me all that jiveAbout things you wrote before I ...

A B-Boy's Progress

Profile by Carol Cooper, Village Voice, September 1983

WHEN RAP WAS first struggling out of the youth-center playgrounds and into big-time notoriety, Kurtis Blow was there. ...

Kurtis Blow: Kurt's Kingdom

Interview by Sean O'Hagan, NME, November 1986

WHAT ARE WORDS WORTH? ...