RIP: Legendary poet and musician Gil Scott-Heron — alternately labeled the father, forefather, and godfather of hip hop — passed away this afternoon in New York’s St Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital. He was 62.
Scott-Heron’s UK publisher Jamie Byng tweeted the news earlier this evening: “Gil Scott-Heron’s death is NOT a rumour. I just called by Dorothy who is staying with Aunt Mimi in NY to tell me the news. I’m so sad.”
Just last year, Scott-Heron released his thirteenth studio album I’m New Here — his first to feature original material in nearly two decades.
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