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Disco Fever
1976–1986 · Highbridge, Bronx
Performer, Early patron and later frequent MC at charity events; signed an early deal with Fever Records and co-produced Sweet G's 'Games People Play.'
Hotel Diplomat
1934–1993 (as hotel; building demolished 1994) · Midtown / Times Square, Manhattan
Performer, Performed at the Diplomat ca. 1977; cited in his liner notes to Rhino's History of Rap Vol. 1 (1997) as a formative early hip-hop venue.
Ecstasy Garage
late 1970s–early 1980s · Mount Eden / Morris Heights, Bronx
Performer, Pioneer rapper (born Kurt Walker); 'The Breaks' (1980) became the first certified gold hip-hop single; performed at Ecstasy Garage, documented on preserved event flyers in the Cornell Hip Hop Collection.
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