Questlove pays tribute to UTFO rapper Kangol Kid, who died Saturday at the age of 55: 'A major major tremendous loss to family, friends, & music lovers everywhere'
, “Hip-Hop lost a legend today with the transitioning of [Kangol Kid] but his legacy will forever serve as a source of inspiration, courage, and love. Rock The Bells sends our deepest condolences to all of his family and loved ones.”
UTFO are best known for their 1984 single “Roxanne, Roxanne,” with the Kangol Kid delivering the first verse in what soon after launched “The Roxanne Wars,” a series of answer songs headlined by Marley Marl’s then-14-year-old protege Roxanne Shante. The track — and Shante’s response — both appear on“Hip-hop’s first beef war started innocently enough. In 1984, Brooklyn trio UTFO released a lackluster single called ‘Hanging Out.
“She was walking down the street so I said ‘Hello I’m Kangol from UTFO.’ And she said ‘So?,'” Kangol Kid — named after his go-to headwear — says at the onset. “Roxanne, Roxanne” quickly became a hit, but that success was undercut by Shante’s response track, ““He wears a Kangol, and that is true / But he ain’t got money, and he ain’t got the loot,” Shanté fired back at the rapper. . “Historians always note this as the seed that spawned a thousand responses,” he said of the track.
On Instagram Saturday, the Roots drummer penned a lengthy tribute to Kangol Kid, “A major major tremendous loss to family, friends, & music lovers everywhere.”
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