Kurtis Blow — American Musician born on August 09, 1959,

Kurt Walker, professionally known by his stage name Kurtis Blow, is an American rapper and record producer. He is the first commercially successful rapper and the first to sign with a major record label. "The Breaks", a single from his 1980 debut album, is the first certified gold record rap song. Throughout his career he has released 15 albums and is currently an ordained minister... (wikipedia)

The Bronx is famous for two things. Hip-hop, and 26 world championships.
Hip Hop is thee dominant youth culture in the world right now.
I started DJing, breakdancing and MCing in the '70s and I got my record deal in 1979 with 'Christmas Rap.'
That's the job of the entertainer, to entertain, not to motivate or inspire people to get violent!
The music business is really a spiritual business whether we know it or not.