Duke Bootee & Beauty and The Beat Records

JayQuan explores the history of Duke Bootee and gives a brief discography of Beauty and The Beat Records.

Duke Bootee‘s best known single was The Message. Produced for Sugar Hill Records, this record featured legendary rapper Melle Mel & Duke Bootee. The label on the record marketed the song as Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, although the actual performers were Melle Mel & 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.