Tuesday, 31 May 2011

Gil Scott-Heron, a godfather of rap, dies in NYC (AP)

FILE - In the Sept. 1984 file photo, musician Gil Scott-Heron poses. Scott-Heron, who helped lay the groundwork for rap by fusing minimalistic percussion, political expression and spoken-word poetry on songs such as 'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised' but saw his brilliance undermined by a years-long drug addiction, died Friday, May, 27, 2011 at age 62. (AP Photo, File)AP - Long before Public Enemy urged the need to "Fight the Power" or N.W.A. offered a crude rebuke of the police, Gil-Scott Heron was articulating the rage and the disillusionment of the black masses through song and spoken word.


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