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Gil Scott-Heron, musical pioneer dubbed the Godfather of Rap, dies in New York at age 62 Gil Scott-Heron, a pioneer in a style of musical spoken word that evolved into rap, died Friday night at a St. Luke’s Hospital in Manhattan. He was 62. Perhaps Scott-Heron’s more lasting legacy, though, lies in his lifelong insistence that music [...] Gil Scott-Heron plays Montreux Jazz Festival Gil Scott-Heron, the hard living ‘godfather of rap,’ had a message for his audience at the Montreux Jazz Festival. “For those of you who bet I would not be here — you lose.” The poet-singer from Chicago whose angry lyrics about racism, poverty and addiction struck a chord with young black Americans growing [...] Gil Scott-Heron – I’m New Here Review There were few voices that articulated the anxious, fractured state of America in the 1970s and early 80s as well as the clear baritone of Gil Scott-Heron. As a spoken-word artist and poet, he could pinpoint the fissures in the American dream and exorcise them with a wit that blended [...] Gil Scott-Heron – Me And [...] |
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