Duke Bootee, Co-Writer of Hip-Hop's Iconic 'The Message,' Dies at 69
Duke Bootee, Co-Writer of Hip-Hop's Iconic 'The Message,' Dies at 69 Natalie Oganesyan, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Duke Bootee, whose 1982 hit “The Message” changed the tone of hip-hop, died on Jan. 13 of heart failure at his home in Savannah, Ga., the New York Times confirmed. He was 69. Born Edward Fletcher, he began writing “The Message” in 1980, the same year he became a studio musician at Sugar Hill Records, which released the early work of groups such as the Sugar Hill Gang and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. Fletcher also toured with the Sugar Hill acts and contr...
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