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R.I.P. Duke Bootee, Rapper and Co-Writer of Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five’s “The Message”
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Duke Bootee, the moniker of rapper Edward Fletcher, passed away in his Savannah, Georgia home from end-stage congestive heart failure on Wednesday, Jan. 13. The news was confirmed by Fletcher’s wife Rosita to Rolling Stone. He was 69.
Among his many accolades, Fletcher is likely most known for co-writing Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five’s “The Message,” one of the most iconic and influential hip-hop singles of all time. The song began as a demo penned by Fletcher with the original title “The Jungle.” At the time, Fletcher was working as a session musician and member of Sugar Hill Records’ house band. Throughout the song Fletcher is featured with multiple verses and can be heard repeating the iconic phrase, “It’s like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder how I keep from going under.” It is one of the earliest instances of hip-
Published Jan 15, 2021Duke Bootee co-writer and rapper on Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five s early hip-hop classic The Message has passed away. He died from end-stage congestive heart failure on Wednesday (January 13). Duke Bootee was 69.
Born Edward Fletcher, the artist died at his home in Savannah, GA, as confirmed by his wife Rosita to
Best known for his work as a member of Sugar Hill Records house band, Fletcher s work on the politically charged 1982 song The Message (previously titled The Jungle ) inspired samples by numerous artists over the years, including Canadian vaporware producer Blank Banshee on Teen Pregnancy, a remix of Ice Cube s Check Yo Self and the 1997 song Can t Nobody Hold Me Down by Puff Daddy. The song was also featured in