August is a very busy month in music history:
- MTV was launched 43 years ago on August 1
- Coolio was born on this day 61 years ago on August 1
- Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott celebrated his 65th birthday on August 1
- Public Enemy‘s Chuck D. celebrated his 64th birthday on August 1
- Butch Vig celebrated his 69th birthday on August 1
- Echo and the Bunnymen‘s first dummer Pete de Freitas was born 63 years ago on August 2
- Metallica‘s James Hetfield celebrated his 61st birthday on August 3
- Collective Soul‘s frontman Ed Roland celebrated his 61st birthday on August 3
- The iconic Louis Armstrong was born 123 years ago on August 4
- Beastie Boys‘ MCA, a.k.a. Adan Yauch was born 60 years ago on August 5
- U2′s The Edge celebrated his 63rd birthday today on August 8
- The incomparable, ebullient and legendary Whitney Houston was born 61 years ago today
The pioneering Kurtis Blow celebrates his 65th – yes, 65th, y’all! — birthday today.
I am of the firm belief that we should give our legends and pioneers their flowers while we still have them. So let’s celebrate Kurtis Blow, one of the first rappers to be signed to a major label. Happy birthday, brother! May there be many, many more!
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