"I just learned the sad news that my dear friend and one of the most inspiring people I ever met, the great Gil Scott-Heron, died today.
the death of Gil Scott-Heron is not a rumor. I just called Dorothy who is staying with Aunt Mimi in New York to tell me the news. I'm so sad. "
As confirmed by a publicist for his record label, Gil Scott-Heron, the singer-songwriter and poet, died. He was 62 years.
Influential R & B, speech, and hip-hop, Scott-Heron had a solid run of albums in the 1970s. He wrote the song "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" and the expression in the cultural lexicon after appearing on his 1970 album Little Talk 125th & Lennox. Scott-Heron He later drug problems and was incarcerated for a period during the 2000s, but returned to music in 2010 and released the famous I'm new here followed by collaboration Jamie xx We're new here earlier this year.
Scott-Heron continued recording in the 1970s and early '80s, before taking a long break. He briefly returned to the studio for 1994 liquor. This album also entitled "Message to the Messengers," in which Scott-Heron garde of hip-hop generation that arose in his absence to use its newfound power responsibly. He was cited as a major influence by many in the hip-hop community - such as the rapper-producer Kanye West, who closed her platinum 2010 album My Beautiful Dark Fantasy Twisted with a track built around a sample Scott-Heron votes
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