- Kid Creole (rapper)
Infobox musical artist
Name = Kidd Creole
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Nathaniel Glover
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Born = birth date and age|1960|2|19The Bronx ,New York City , U.S.
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Instrument = Vocals
Genre =Hip hop
Occupation = Rapper
Years_active = 1978–1987
Label = Enjoy, Sugar Hill, Elektra
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URL =Nathaniel Glover (born
February 19 ,1960 ), also known as Nate or Danny Glover, better known by thestage name Kidd Creole or Kid Creole, is an American rapper who is one of the pioneers ofold school hip hop as a member of the groupGrandmaster Flash & the Furious Five with his brotherMelle Mel .Biography
Early days
Born to a
French Canadian mother and a Dominican father inThe Bronx, New York , Glover and his brother Melvin (akaMelle Mel ) joined up with Cowboy (Keith Wiggins) in 1978 to form the Three MC's, with production handled byGrandmaster Flash (Joseph Saddler).After two extra MCs joined them (Scorpio (originally Mr. Ness, aka Ed Morris) and Raheim (Guy Williams)), the group recorded two singles (one as the Younger Generation and one as Flash & the Five) before they became
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five and recorded the "Superappin"'EP forEnjoy Records , owned by R&B legend Bobby Robinson.Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
Kidd Creole participated in the recording of several records with
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five between 1980 and 1987. After Flash, Rahiem and Creole left The Furious Five in 1983, they continued to record together forElektra Records , later rejoining Melle Mel and the others for a reunion in 1987.Discography
Albums
*"The Message" (1982), Sugar Hill
*"Beat Street Breakdown" (1984), Elektra
*"On the Strength" (1988), Elektraingles
*'Superrappin’' (1979), Enjoy -
12-inch single
*"Freedom" (1980), Sugar Hill
*"Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel" (1981), Sugar Hill - 12-inch single
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