Duke Bootee

Duke Bootee
Birth name	Ed Fletcher
Origin	New York City
Genres	Hip hop
Years active	1982–1992
Labels	Sugar Hill Records

Edward G. Fletcher, known as Duke Bootee, is an early hip hop and rap producer, who produced some of the most early and important rap records

His best known single was "The Message". Produced for Sugar Hill Records, this record featured legendary rapper Melle Mel and Duke Bootee. The label on the record marketed the song as Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, although the actual performers were Melle Mel and Duke Bootee. Later, he collaborated again with Melle Mel on the singles "Message II (Survival)", and "New York New York", in which the latter was credited to Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.

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