Brooklyn Vegan — Other upcoming Apollo shows include DMX/N.O.R.E./Jim Jones/Jadakiss, and Kurtis Blow. Continue reading… more info

Rolling Stone — Ice-T, Public Enemy, Naughty By Nature, Mobb Deep, EPMD, the Sugarhill Gang and Kurtis Blow will join forces for SiriusXM Backspin's the Art of Rap Festival Tour, which kicks off July 16th in Dallas, Texas and concludes August 6th. The all-star, eigh... more info

ContactMusic — Hip-hop legends Afrika Bambaataa, Kurtis Blow and Grandmaster Flash are set to be honoured by New York City officials.The hitmakers will receive... more info

Popdose — Early hip-hop! Leftover classic rock! Italian sex disco! Racist tomfoolery! And the luckiest bar band in the Midwest! All in our continuing crawl through Disc One of this seven-disc set! #6 Kurtis Blow, “The Breaks (part 1)” #87 Billboard Hot 100... more info

ContactMusic — Big Daddy Kane Kurtis Blow and Doug E Fresh are among the rappers who will pay tribute to Heavy D at the upcoming Soul Train Awards The veteran MC real name Dwight Arrington Myers died last week 08Nov11 after neighbours found him lying unconscious o.... more info

Guardian Music — From humble beginnings in student digs, the record label Def Jam is credited with bringing New York's street culture and music to the masses – and even helping to elect a president'Without hip-hop we wouldn't have Obama," says Russell Simmons, co-f... more info

MVSW — Kurtis Blow ~ “Basketball” This ’80s old school jam has been in my head since I walked into Dwayne Wade last night. Lyrics Chours: They’re playing Basketball We love that Basketball They’re playing Basketball We love that Basketball (Now ra... more info

Guardian Music — Pablo Dylan says his grandfather was 'the Jay-Z of his time'Bob Dylan's teenage grandson is entering the music business, not as a folk troubadour or even simply going electric – but as a rapper. "He feels strongly about my music," Pablo Dylan said,... more info

Guardian Music — October 1980: Number 6 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of R&B and hip-hop musicKurt Walker has a number of claims on the history of hip-hop. Under the moniker Kurtis Blow, he was the first rapper to sign to a major label, Mercury. H... more info

Guardian Music — 1984: Number 8 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of R&B and hip-hop musicThe Def Jam label holds an almost mythical status within hip-hop. How come? After all, it was far from the first to put out rap music and, though it released num... more info