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[[File:Kurtis Blow im Musiktheater Bad (Hannover, Germany), 2012-03-30.JPG|thumb|Kurtis Blow in concert (Hannover, Germany), 2012-03-30]]
{{Infobox person
|name=Kurtis Blow
|birth_name=Kurt Walker
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1959|8|9}}
|birth_place=[[Harlem, New York]], [[United States|U.S.]]
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(contracted; show full)red in a hip hop display at the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]. The display still stands. In 1998, the group [[Next (group)|Next]] released "[[Too Close]]", in which the music of "Christmas Rappin'" was [[sampling (music)|sampled]]. [[ASCAP]] honored Kurt and Next at a gala affair on May 26, 1999. In 2002, he traveled to the [[Middle East]] to tour the Armed Forces bases performing seventeen shows for the troops. The tour consisted of shows in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, K
yrgyzstan, Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman. Kurt said, “It was a tour I will never forget,” and “I did the [[Bob Hope]] thing.”

Kurt was a judge for the 8th annual [[The Independent Music Awards|Independent Music Awards]].<ref>[http://www.independentmusicawards.com/ima_new/pastjudges.asp Independent Music Awards - Past Judges]</ref>

==Minister==
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* In Chris Rock's movie "CB4", MC Gusto says he's going to send a search party and find Kurtis Blow.
* In the video game ''[[NBA 2K12]]'', "Basketball" is used in the opening video and is also part of the game's soundtrack.
* A poster of Kurtis Blow can be seen in an episode of [[Everybody Hates Chris]]. The episode is Everybody Hates Houseguest.
* "The Breaks" is a featured song on the game Dance Central 2 for the Xbox Kinect.
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* In [[Cedric The Entertainer]]'s Starting Lineup, Cedric speculates on having a black president.   After some comparisons of [[Bill Clinton]]'s behaviors, he predicts that, [[Scooby Doo]]-like, Clinton will remove a mask, to reveeal he is Kurtis Blow.

==Discography==
===Albums===
* ''[[Kurtis Blow (album)|Kurtis Blow]]'' (1980, Mercury)
* ''[[Deuce (Kurtis Blow album)|Deuce]]'' (1981, Mercury)
* ''[[Tough (Kurtis Blow album)|Tough]]'' (1982, Mercury)
* ''[[The Best Rapper on the Scene]]'' (1983, Mercury)
(contracted; show full)* 1982: "Tough EP" (Mercury)
* 1983: "[[Party Time?]]" (Mercury)
* 1983: "Nervous" (Mercury)
* 1984: "Ego Trip" (Mercury)
* 1986: "The Bronx" (Mercury)
* 1988: "Back By Popular Demand" (Mercury)

==
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<references />References==
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==External links==
*[http://kurtisblow.net Official Website]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0089423/ Kurtis Blow] on the [[Internet Movie Database]]
*[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p12 Kurtis Blow] on [[AllMusic]]⏎
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