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Keith Keith: Hip-Hop’s First Stage Pioneer | Cleveland News
Published 4 days, 12 hours ago
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Keith Caesar, aka Keith Keith of the legendary Funky 4+1, has passed away at 64 — a true hip-hop pioneer whose groundbreaking 1981 SNL debut helped launch the culture into the mainstream. His influence echoes through generations, from Grandmaster Flash’s tribute to Philly slang born from “That’s the Joint.” The Bronx-born icon’s legacy lives on in every beat and rhyme that followed — he won’t be forgotten.
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