Duke Bootee

Edward G. Fletcher, known as Duke Bootee, was an early rapper and hip hop and rap producer, who produced some of the most early and important rap records.
His best known single was "The Message". Produced for Sugar Hill Records, this record featured legendary rapper Melle Mel. The label on the record marketed the song as Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, although the actual performers were Melle Mel and Duke Bootee. Later, he collaborated again with Melle Mel on the singles "Message II (Survival)", and "New York New York", in which the latter was credited to Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.
After concluding his music career in the early 1990s, Duke Bootee obtained teaching certification and became an educator. As of 2014 he was an instructor in Critical Thinking and Communication at Savannah State University in Georgia.
In January 2021, he died of end-stage congestive heart failure.
==Links to Peel==
Peel played Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's The Message which featured Duke Bootie. The song later entered in the 1982 Festive Fifty. He also played some of Duke Bootee's solo material.
==Shows Played==
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*30 November 1982: Message 2 (Survival) (7") Sugar Hill
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*12 January 1983 (with Melle Mel): Message II (Survival) (12") Sugar Hill
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*06 October 1986: Broadway (Radio Edit) (12") Beauty And The Beat
*15 October 1986: Broadway (12") Beauty And The Beat
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
Category:Artists