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Kurtis Blow (born Kurtis Walker; August 9, 1959) is an American rapper. He sang many major songs, like "Christmas Rappin'", "Basketball" and "The Breaks". In 1980, "The Breaks" was the first rap single that was certified gold.
He was born in The Bronx, New York City.
In 1979, he was the first rapper signed to Mercury Records.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US |
US R&B /HH | ||||||||||
| Kurtis Blow | 71 | 10 | |||||||||
| Deuce |
|
137 | 35 | ||||||||
| Tough |
|
167 | 38 | ||||||||
| The Best Rapper on the Scene |
|
— | — | ||||||||
| Ego Trip |
|
83 | 18 | ||||||||
| America |
|
153 | 18 | ||||||||
| Kingdom Blow |
|
196 | 16 | ||||||||
| Back by Popular Demand |
|
— | 84 | ||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||||||
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Dance |
US R&B |
US 100 |
UK | ||||||||
| 1979 | "Christmas Rappin'" | — | 52 | ― | 30 | ||||||
| 1980 | "The Breaks" | 9 | 4 | 87 | 47 | ||||||
| "Throughout Your Years" | 75 | 31 | ― | — | |||||||
| 1981 | "Hard Times" | ― | 75 | ― | ― | ||||||
| 1982 | "Tough" | — | 37 | ― | — | ||||||
| 1983 | "Party Time?" | 39 | 35 | ― | 67 | ||||||
| "Nervous" | — | — | ― | — | |||||||
| 1984 | "8 Million Stories" | — | 45 | — | — | ||||||
| "Ego Trip" | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Basketball" | ― | 29 | 71 | ― | |||||||
| 1985 | "America" | ― | 74 | — | ― | ||||||
| "If I Ruled the World" | 25 | 16 | ― | 24 | |||||||
| 1986 | "I'm Chillin'" | ― | 20 | ― | 64 | ||||||
| "The Bronx" | ― | — | ― | — | |||||||
| 1988 | "Back by Popular Demand" | ― | — | ― | — | ||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||||||
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