Christmas Rappin' / Christmas Rappin' (Do It Yourself Verson - Instrumental)

“Christmas Rappin'  / Christmas Rappin' (Do It Yourself Version - Instrumental)” is a single released in 1979 by Kurtis Blow.  Released under Mercury Records, this single was produced by J.B. Moore and Robert Ford Jr.. 

In 1979, Kurtis Blow (Kurtis Walker, b. 1959) became the first rapper to be signed by a major record label, Mercury Records. His first single “Christmas Rappin’” sold more than 400,000 copies and became a holiday staple. With his second release “The Breaks” in 1980, Blow earned the first gold record ever for a Rap artist and launched the careers of The Fat Boys and Run-DMC. He went on to accomplish many other firsts including being the first Rap artist to star in a national television commercial (Sprite, 1986), make the first Rap video (“Basketball,” 1984), and act in a soap opera (One Life to Live, 1991). He is also the founder of the International Hip-Hop Museum.