From this album, the song “If I Ruled the World” became a Top 5 hit on Billboard’s R&B chart. His 1985 album, America, garnered praise for its title track’s music video. Ego Trip included the hits: “8 Million Stories”, “AJ Scratch”, and “Basketball”. Party Time featured a fusion of rap and go-go. His first album was Kurtis Blow, while his second was the Top 50 pop album Deuce. He released ten albums over the next eleven years. He was also the first rapper to perform overseas. Its follow-up, “The Breaks”, also sold over half a million copies. In 1979, aged twenty, Kurtis Blow became the first rapper to be signed by a major label, Mercury, which released “Christmas Rappin'”. He attended CCNY and Nyack College, studying communications and then ministry. Walker was raised in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City. Throughout his career he has released 15 albums and is currently an ordained minister. “The Breaks”, a single from his 1980 self-titled debut album, is the first certified gold record rap song. He is the first commercially successful rapper and the first to sign with a major record label. Kurtis Walker (born August 9, 1959), professionally known by his stage name Kurtis Blow, is an American rapper and record producer. Kurtis Blow | Biography & History | AllMusic
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