An early American hip hop artist known not only as for his work as a solo artist, but also as a Sugar Hill Records label session musician, songwriter, and Furious Five collaborator who was the primary musical force behind classics such as [m=51244].
Died Wednesday, Jan 13, 2021, at the age of 69 at his home in Savannah, Georgia. The cause was end-stage congestive heart failure, his wife, Rosita, confirmed.