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- US musician and poet Gil Scott-Heron dies at 62 - BBC NewsUS musician and poet Gil Scott-Heron, often called the Godfather of Rap, has died in a New York hospital aged 62. The cause of his death is not clear, but he is believed to have become ill...
- Gil Scott-Heron, a godfather of rap, dies in NYC | The ...Scott-Heron, widely considered one of the godfathers of rap with his piercing social and political prose laid against the backdrop of minimalist percussion, flute and other instrumentation,...
- Gil Scott-Heron, Voice of Black Protest Culture, Dies at 62Gil Scott-Heron, the poet and recording artist whose syncopated spoken style and mordant critiques of politics, racism and mass media in pieces like “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”...
- Gil Scott-Heron - WikipediaGilbert Scott-Heron (April 1, 1949 – May 27, 2011) [8] was an American jazz poet, singer, [3] musician, and author known for his work as a spoken-word performer in the 1970s and 1980s.
- Gil Scott-Heron | Poetry FoundationPoet and musician Gil Scott-Heron was born in Chicago. His mother, Bobbie Scott-Heron, was an opera singer and a teacher, and his Jamaican-born father, Gilbert Heron, was the first professional black soccer player in the United States and the first to play on Celtic FC in Scotland. After his…
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