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60 RAPPERS IN 60 DAYS: Grandmaster Melle Mel

May 28, 2009

The Furious Five frontman is living hip hop history

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Melle Mel to Joe Budden: Meet Cowboy

May 14, 2009

The legendary MC reminisces about his friend and fellow member of Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five for REAL TALK THURSDAYS

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Cowboy

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Name: Keith Wiggins

Reppin': Bronx, NY

Breakthrough: Credited with coining the term “hip hop,” Cowboy was the first MC to officially team up with Grandmaster Flash to form the group that would ultimately become Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (collectively Grandmaster Flash, Cowboy, Scorpio, Melle Mel, Kid Creole, and Raheim). The group’s 1982 hit, “The Message,” released by Sugar Hill Records, is widely regarded as one the most influential records in hip hop history.

Now You Know: Cowboy died on September 8, 1989, reportedly from an overdose of crack cocaine. He was 28.