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Gil Scott-Heron, soul poet, dead at 62
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Gil Scott-Heron, soul poet, dead at 62
10:44 p.m. CDT, May 27, 2011
Public Enemy’s Chuck D once said hip-hop was black America's CNN. If so, Gil Scott-Heron was the network’s first great anchorman, presaging hip-hop and infusing soul and jazz with poetry, humor and pointed political commentary.
Scott-Heron died Friday at the age of 62, according to his U.K. publisher. The Pitchfork Web site said the report was confirmed by a record-company publicist.
His songs, including “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” “The Bottle” and "Johannesburg," were hard-edged yet melodic, influencing subsequent generations of soul and hip-hop artists who revered him as a pioneer, including Common, Erykah Badu, Public Enemy, A Tribe Called Quest and Kanye West.
Scott-Heron was born in 1949 in Chicago and spent most of his childhood in Tennessee and then New York.
Scott-Heron died Friday at the age of 62, according to his U.K. publisher. The Pitchfork Web site said the report was confirmed by a record-company publicist.
His songs, including “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” “The Bottle” and "Johannesburg," were hard-edged yet melodic, influencing subsequent generations of soul and hip-hop artists who revered him as a pioneer, including Common, Erykah Badu, Public Enemy, A Tribe Called Quest and Kanye West.
Scott-Heron was born in 1949 in Chicago and spent most of his childhood in Tennessee and then New York.
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