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Duke Bootee, Composer of ‘The Message’, Dead At 69

by Paul Cashmere

Edward G. Fletcher (aka Duke Bootee) has died at the age of 69. The rapper was best known for writing the Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five hit ‘The Message’.

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