Duke Bootee, Whose ‘Message’ Educated Hip-Hop, Dies at 69

His 1982 hit about the “jungle” of urban poverty charted a new, grittier path for rap music in its early days.His 1982 hit about the “jungle” of urban poverty charted a new, grittier path for rap music in its early days.Read MoreDeaths (Obituaries), Rap and Hip-Hop, Fletcher, Edward (Duke Bootee) (1951-2021), Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five