Basketball Kurtis Blow
The video game nba 2k12 used the song during the introduction.
Basketball kurtis blow. This was the first song that made a strong connection between basketball and rap. C 1984 the island def jam music group kurtisblow basketball vevo. Music video by kurtis blow performing basketball.
Blow was influenced by dj hollywood. Basketball is a song that was written by william waring robert ford kurtis blow j. Kurtis is a huge fan and wanted to pay tribute.
He became an mc in his own right around 1977 and changed his name to kurtis blow as in a body blow at the suggestion of his manager future rap mogul russell simmons. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. The breaks a single from his 1980 self titled debut album is the first certified gold record rap song.
Moore jimmy bralower and full force and recorded by kurtis blow released in 1984 from his album ego trip. Over the years many basketball players have tried to rap shaquille o neal allen iverson kobe bryant and some rappers have even tried basketball master p snoop dogg. Kurtis blow s 1984 single lyrics by william billy bill waring is a high spirited ode to his favorite sport and its star players we re gonna go ahead and pretend that the lil bow wow version.