Hip-Hop pioneer Kurtis Blow will be honored at a ceremony to forever solidify the emcee???s permanent place in Hip-Hop by inducting him into the Bronx Walk of Fame.The Bronx Walk of Fame honors various people who have contributed to the Bronx???s legacy. Blow, despite being from Harlem, was a fixture on the scene during the early development of Hip-Hop in the Bronx from the 1970???s onward.In 1979, Kurtis Blow became the first rapper to be signed by a major label, after his independently released hit ???Christmas Rappin'," helped him land a deal with Mercury.Mercury released ???Christmas Rappin??? and it sold over 400,000 copies and became an annual classic.Its follow-up ???The Breaks??? helped ignite Hip-Hop on a global basis and earned Blow the first certified Gold single by a rapper.The award ceremony and unveiling of Kurtis Blow's street sign takes place June 26th at 11AM @ 851 Grand Concourse Bronx Supreme Court Building (161st Street & The Grand Concourse).Other notables that have been inducted include Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5, KRS-One, boxer Jake Lamotta, Colin Powell, Stanley Kubrick and others.
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