Real name: Edward G. Fletcher

An early American hip hop artist known not only as for his work as a solo artist, but also as a Sugar Hill Records label session musician, songwriter, and Furious Five collaborator who was the primary musical force behind classics such as "The Message".
Died Wednesday, Jan 13, 2021, at the age of 69 at his home in Savannah, Georgia. The cause was end-stage congestive heart failure, his wife, Rosita, confirmed.