#035 Kurtis Blow interview from 1997

A never before published interview with Kurtis Blow from 1997 In the interview, Blow talks about: - Whether he thinks God cares about pop music - How he had it all and now has nothing - What hip-hop fans should go back and listen to - How early hip-hop had a code of ethics not to use swear words - Why he got out of the music business - How he foresaw how big hip-hop would get - The language of a rap - Why rap artist don’t typically have long careers - Why white America has gravitated toward rap - The first time rap was used for a commercial - How Don Cornelius, host of Soul Train, broke Kurtis’ heart - If he became the overlord of music, what the first thing he’d change would be In this episode, we have hip-hop pioneer Kurtis Blow. At the time of this interview in 1997, Blow was 38 years old and was promoting his three-CD compilation, “The History of Rap.” In the interview, Kurtis talks about how Don Cornelius, host of Soul Train, broke his heart; what hip-hop fans should go back and listen to; and how he foresaw how big rap music would become. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.