Duke Bootee, Co-Writer of the Hip-Hop Hit ‘The Message,’ Dead at 69

*Hip-hop legend Ed Fletcher aka Duke Bootee, co-writer of the 1982 hit “The Message,” died on Jan. 13 of heart failure at his home in Savannah, Ga. He was 69. According to rollingstone.com, Fletcher served as a member of Sugar Hill Records’ house band. The label released the early work of groups such as the […]

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