Bootee, Duke

found: Discogs WWW site, May 16, 2022(Duke Bootee; real name: Edward G. Fletcher; aliases: Ed Fletcher) - https://www.discogs.com/artist/21918-Duke-Bootee

found: Rolling Stone WWW site, May 16, 2022: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" died Wednesday at the age of 69; Edward Fletcher, the rapper died at his home in Savannah Georgia; after scaling down his involvement in the music business, Fletcher turned to teaching, first as a high school teacher and college professor in New Jersey before moving to Savannah in 2007, where he became a lecturer on Critical Thinking & Communication at Savannah State University until his retirement in 2019) - https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/duke-bootee-dead-1115217/

found: Wikipedia, May 16, 2022(Duke Bootee; Edward Gernel Fletcher, known by his stage name Duke Bootee (June 6, 1951 - January 13, 2021) was an American early record producer and rapper; his best know single, "The Message," was released in 1982 on Sugar Hill Records; after concluding his music career in the early 1990s, Duke Bootee acquired a teaching certification and became an educator)