Uproxx

Rapper Duke Bootee, Who Co-Wrote The Hip-Hop Classic ‘The Message,’ Is Dead At 69

Duke Bootee, born Edward Fletcher, died this past Wednesday at the age of 69 following end-stage congestive heart failure. His wife Rosita confirmed the news as well as his cause of death to Rolling ...
Hip-Hop Wired

Duke Bootee Co-Writer of “The Message” Dead at 69

Duke Bootee, a name who OG Hip-Hop heads will recognize as one of the writer’s and rappers on Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five’s classic “The Message,” has passed away. He was 69. Rolling Stone ...
AllHipHop

Rap Legend Edward “Duke Bootee” Fletcher Of “The Message” Dies

RIP Duke Bootee, the co-writer of one of rap’s most influential hits. The pioneer is best known as the co-writer of “The Message,” a song by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. He was 69. Bootee, ...
NME

Duke Bootee, producer and co-writer of Grandmaster Flash’s ‘The Message’, has died

Legendary rapper and producer Duke Bootee has died at the age of 69. The New York Times yesterday confirmed that Bootee – born Edward Fletcher – had passed away following heart failure at his home in ...
Complex

Writer and Producer of "The Message," Duke Bootee, Dies at 69

Legendary rapper and producer, Duke Bootee, died at the age of 69, the New York Times confirmed on Saturday. Born Edward Fletcher in Elizabeth, Georgia, Bootee was a rapper and producer associated ...
TheWrap

Duke Bootee, Rap Pioneer Behind Seminal Track ‘The Message,’ Dies at 69

Edward Gernel Fletcher, better known as the pioneering hip hop producer and rapper Duke Bootee, died Jan. 13 from heart failure. He was 69. His death was confirmed Thursday by his wife, who told the ...
Rolling Stone

Duke Bootee, Rapper and Co-Writer of Hip-Hop Classic ‘The Message,’ Dead at 69

Duke Bootee, the pioneering rapper who co-wrote and appeared on Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s classic “The Message” — Number One on Rolling Stone’s list of the 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of ...