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Champaign-Urbana, IL - Musician, producer, composer, audio designer, and DJ Larry E. Gates II  has played hundreds of stages across the nation and has shared those stages with the likes of Chuck Berry, G. Love & Special Sauce, 30 Seconds To Mars, Local H, Superdrag, Trombone Shorty, Brother Ali, The Nappy Roots, Blueprint, DJ Rare Groove, Illogic, and many others.

 

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Real Talk Tuesdays: The First Rap

DateTuesday, May 7, 2013 at 7:46AM

Who gave us the first rap song? Most would say it was The Sugarhill Gang with "Rapper's Delight" (1979). Others site Jocko's "Rhythm Talk" (also 1979). But what about James Brown's "America is my Home" (1968)? Or even Hank Snow's "I've Been Everywhere" (1962)?

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