R.I.P Brother Dearest.
Keith Cowboy (Grandmaster Flash and The Furious 5)
Sept 20th 1960- Sept 8th 1989
Keith Cowboy (Grandmaster Flash and The Furious 5)
Sept 20th 1960- Sept 8th 1989
Written by
Roosevelt Dynamite Simmons
Hip Hop. Two of the most commonly used words in the World today. You see it in the way we dress. You hear it in the way we talk. Hip Hop is what we are. I am Hip Hop. We live and breath it. For it is our Culture. The way we walk and the way we stand in a B Boy stance. That's Hip Hop. The way our hats are tilted to one side is Hip Hop. I just might let my pants sag a little off my ass for I am Hip Hop. If my music is a little too loud forgive me. It's Hip Hop and it should be played loud. When a journalist asked our father the legendary and honorable Afrika Bambaataa what do you call this new Art form? He didn't hesitate when he called it Hip Hop and traced the words origin to Cowboy. It consist of DJ'ing Emceeing Breakdancing Graffiti and Beatboxing. Hip Hop is a lifestyle. You see it in fashion advertising and merchandising. No one thing has brought Italian Caucasian Japanese Spanish Indian Negro Vietnamese together more than Hip Hop. For Hip Hop has truly changed the world. Two Words. The first time I ever heard those two words used was in the summer of 1977 when my childhood friend Bill Brown from Boston Rd was off to the Army. He came to a Flash party to hang with Cowboy. Cowboy would always shout him out on the mic. (Billy Bill is in the house and Dynamite is in the house and) But on that particular day Cowboy did something different when he saw Billy Bill. He started saying Hip Hop Hip Hop in a marching cadence you might hear in boot camp. Another Friend Kokomo was also off to the Army. Cowboy did it again. After that the Hip Hop routine stuck and became a familiar chant at all of Flashes parties from then on. Luv Bug Starski then also began to use the chant in his routines. Cowboy had coined the phrase. Hip Hop. This is a well known and documented fact. Hip Hop born and raised on Boston Rd The Bronx N.Y
— with Sandi Beidleman, Kool Red, Rob Barrow, Kawaun Wiggins, Kevin Wiggins, Genise Wiggins, Jay Quan, Eddie Scorp Morris, Eddie Scorp Morris, Eddie Scorpiomrness Morris, Kidd Creole, Mele Mel Glover and Lisa Arredondo.Hip Hop. Two of the most commonly used words in the World today. You see it in the way we dress. You hear it in the way we talk. Hip Hop is what we are. I am Hip Hop. We live and breath it. For it is our Culture. The way we walk and the way we stand in a B Boy stance. That's Hip Hop. The way our hats are tilted to one side is Hip Hop. I just might let my pants sag a little off my ass for I am Hip Hop. If my music is a little too loud forgive me. It's Hip Hop and it should be played loud. When a journalist asked our father the legendary and honorable Afrika Bambaataa what do you call this new Art form? He didn't hesitate when he called it Hip Hop and traced the words origin to Cowboy. It consist of DJ'ing Emceeing Breakdancing Graffiti and Beatboxing. Hip Hop is a lifestyle. You see it in fashion advertising and merchandising. No one thing has brought Italian Caucasian Japanese Spanish Indian Negro Vietnamese together more than Hip Hop. For Hip Hop has truly changed the world. Two Words. The first time I ever heard those two words used was in the summer of 1977 when my childhood friend Bill Brown from Boston Rd was off to the Army. He came to a Flash party to hang with Cowboy. Cowboy would always shout him out on the mic. (Billy Bill is in the house and Dynamite is in the house and) But on that particular day Cowboy did something different when he saw Billy Bill. He started saying Hip Hop Hip Hop in a marching cadence you might hear in boot camp. Another Friend Kokomo was also off to the Army. Cowboy did it again. After that the Hip Hop routine stuck and became a familiar chant at all of Flashes parties from then on. Luv Bug Starski then also began to use the chant in his routines. Cowboy had coined the phrase. Hip Hop. This is a well known and documented fact. Hip Hop born and raised on Boston Rd The Bronx N.Y
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Thank you my friend!! Hip Hop....and ya don't stop!!
ReplyDeleteRIP Cowboy. Thank you for the incredible music.
ReplyDeleteKeith, always shouted my name out at the park parties. We were in big fire together. He hated bullies. Boston Road Cauldwell Ave. Kick the can, ring alivia, Skelly. What's up Roosevelt? Mike Giles will always remember Keith. Hip Hop was definitely born on Boston Road.
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