Grandmaster Caz
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Curtis Brown (born April 18, 1960), better known by the stage name Grandmaster Caz or Casanova Fly, is an American rapper, songwriter, and DJ. He was a member of the hip hop group The Cold Crush Brothers from 1979 to the mid-1980s. He is best known as the (uncredited) main writer of Big Bank Hank's raps on the seminal 1979 hip hop single by The Sugarhill Gang, "Rapper's Delight".
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Background information | |
Birth name | Curtis Brown[1] |
Also known as | Casanova Fly |
Born | (1960-04-18) April 18, 1960 (age 64) The Bronx, New York City, New York |
Genres | Hip hop |
Occupation(s) | DJ, songwriter, MC, author, Host actor, CEO & President of GMC Entertainment Inc. |
Instrument(s) | Turntables, vocals |
Years active | 1978–present[2] |
Labels | Tuff City (US), Ol' Skool Flava (US), Jazz Child Records(US), Chrysalis (US), Toshiba EMI Ltd]] (US), Beyongolia (US), 360° Records(US) |
Website | www |
He worked with Debra Harris as a celebrity tour guide for Hush Hip Hop Tours, a hip-hop cultural sightseeing tour company in New York City, and is a board member of The Kennedy Center's Hip-Hop Council, Hip-Hop Ambassador and board member for Windows of HipHop and CEO of GMC Entertainment Inc.[3]