late 70's early 80's HIP HOP PIONEER RAPPER JIMMY SPICER HAS CANCER:FUNDRAISER

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as of April 2019 his gofundme account is active
he influenced story teller style raps that Slick RIck is influenced by and Snoop Dogg stated he is influenced by Jimmy Spicer
gofundme page still active





Rap Pioneer Jimmy Spicer Is Fighting Cancer & Needs Hip-Hop’s Help
Jimmy Spicer (born James Bromley Spicer) is one of the first Hip-Hop artists to release a record when “Adventures of Super Rhymes” dropped in 1980. This 15-plus-minute song is full of playful raps and zany storytelling, much of which has been interpolated or sampled over the decades. Not to mention, Spicer’s narrative style was adopted by favorites like Slick Rick and Dana Dane.

Among the Rap pioneers on wax, this MC released a handful of singles after his debut 12” and while none had the impact of “Super Rhymes,” “Money (Dollar Bill Y’all)” and “The Bubble Bunch” have also been heavily sampled and interpolated. For instance, Wu-Tang Clan’s early hit “C.R.E.A.M.” re-purposed Spicer’s 1983 song catch-phrase. Meanwhile, Busta Rhymes and DJ Scratch reworked “Bubble Bunch” for 1998’s “Do The Bus A Bus.” In a 2015 interview with The Combat Jack Show, Long Beach, California’s Warren G spoke at length about the influence that Spicer’s music had on him. The “Bubble Bunch” single includes the first remix by John “Jellybean” Benitez, who later made hits with Madonna and Whitney Houston, and famed remixes for David Bowie, Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson, and Fleetwood Mac.

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Early on, Jimmy worked with late producer Larry Robinson (Fat Boys, Whodini, Kurtis Blow) in addition to Russell Simmons. Like Kurtis, Spicer recorded singles for the famed Mercury Records after independent success early on. Later in Spicer’s career, his 1985 Def Jam single “This Is It” and its B-side “Beat The Clock,” were produced by Rick Rubin. As recently as this decade, Spicer has continued with Rap. In 2010, he dropped a music video to “Money” sequel, “$ Can’t Buy Luv.”

Recently, Spicer was diagnosed with advanced cancer. “I have been diagnosed with advanced cancer,” Spicer revealed in a statement. “I have a tumor in my lung and a tumor in my brain. I am currently undergoing radiation therapy for the tumor in my brain. I now need chemotherapy for the tumor in my lung. Please with your help and prayers I can fight this.” He and his family have launched a GoFundMecampaign just over two weeks ago to help pay his hospital expenses, hoping to raise $100,000. As of the writing of this article 47 people have donated $1,316.

Kurtis Blow has been among the Rap peers calling for aid to Spicer:


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Hip-Hop Pioneer Jimmy Spicer Launches GoFundMe for Cancer Treatment
Other notable Spicer cuts include "Bubble Bunch," "Money Can't Buy You Love," and "Money (Dollar Bill Y'all)." During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! last year, Snoop Dogg shouted out Spicer when asked about his early influences. "The first artist that made me love rap music was an artist named Jimmy Spicer, he had a song called 'Super Rhyme,'" Snoop said. The Spicer classic, Snoop added, ultimately inspired him to pen his very first song at "probably about 11 or 12," the never-released "I'm a Poet."

 

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I found out on facebook last night he passed Friday the 27th.
Jimmy Spicer, Influential Early Rapper, Is Dead at 61

The rapper Jimmy Spicer in an undated publicity photo. “I’ve been in the rap game from the beginning,” he said. “As far back as you could say the beginning, I was there.”CreditCreditChase Roe, via Cornell University Hip Hop Collection


By Jon Caramanica

• Sept. 30, 2019

Jimmy Spicer, who in the protean era of recorded hip-hop released a handful of songs that would become part of the genre’s bedrock, died on Friday in a Brooklyn hospital. He was 61.

His daughter Leticia Ricks said the cause was lung and brain cancer. Mr. Spicer disclosed his cancer diagnosis in the summer of 2018 and began a crowdfunding campaign to help pay for his treatments.

His rap career was brief, and his songs were sparsely released, but they featured phrases and tropes that would enter hip-hop’s core catalog.

His debut single, “Adventures of Super Rhyme (Rap),” released in 1980, was part of the first wave of hip-hop singles that arrived in the wake of Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight,” and is widely regarded as the first true storytelling rap.

interview with the blog Hip Hop 101A, Mr. Spicer described walking in his Brooklyn neighborhood at the height of that song’s popularity. “Adventures,” he said, “was coming from everywhere. It was coming out of every car, every window and every box on the street.”

He remembered stopping in the middle of the street, throwing his hands up and saying: “ ‘Yeah. I did it. I did it.’ I started crying.”

Mr. Spicer caught the attention of the budding hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, who signed him as one of the first clients of his Rush Productions management company. Mr. Simmons was also a co-producer (with Larry Smith) on the next two Spicer songs: “The Bubble Bunch,” a lighthearted story about a zaftig dancing family, released in 1982; and “Money (Dollar Bill Y’all),” an electro-rap song about everything money puts just out of reach, released in 1983. (The B-side was mixed by Jellybean Benitez, one of his earliest credits.)

interview posted on YouTube in which he insisted that he had coined the phrase hip-hop. (Lovebug Starski, who died last year, is generally credited with having come up with the term.)

Mr. Spicer began rapping as a teenager in the 1970s as hip-hop was developing in parks and recreation centers around New York City. He originally performed under the name M.C. Mop and was part of a crew called Star Lite Disco.

In its early days, hip-hop was primarily a Bronx concern, but Mr. Spicer made his name in Brooklyn block parties.

In addition to his daughter Leticia, he is survived by his wife, Layla; three other daughters, Angelina, Janel and Princess; a son, James Jr.; and five grandchildren.

For many hip-hop artists who came into prominence in the late 1980s and the ’90s, Mr. Spicer’s songs were foundational. His music was sampled or interpolated by the Wu-Tang Clan, 2Pac, De La Soul, Busta Rhymes and many others.

LL Cool J, in his 1997 memoir, “I Make My Own Rules,” noted how “Adventures” set him on the path to a hip-hop career. After hearing a fellow student at his middle school rapping the song, he was gobsmacked, he said.

“I followed him down the hall in a trance,” he wrote. “I said to myself, ‘You know what? I like that.’ And as this kid walked out the school doors onto the street singing that tune, my interest in school walked right out with him.”

Hip Hop Pioneer Jimmy "Super Rhymes" Spicer Passes Away
September 27, 2019 | 6:32 PM
by Kyle Eustice

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Hip Hop pioneer Jimmy “Super Rhymes” Spicer has lost his battle with cancer. According to veteran New York City promoter Van Silk, he passed away on Friday (September 27) afternoon.

The tributes have started to roll in on social media. Van shared his sentiments via Facebook.

“Jimmy was supposed to perform at the 46th Anniversary Of Hip Hip this past Saturday (September 21),” he wrote. “The last time we talked was in August, but I got a call from his daughter Angelina that her father will not be able to perform. Jimmy asked me to do him a favor.

“Please make sure that the rights to his song ‘Dollar Bill Y’all’ revert back to his family and I told him I will make the connection and put your family in touch!! We were able to have an award for him which will be presented to his family from last week event. EVEN THOUGH HE DIDN’T MAKE IT TO PERFORM, HE WAS THERE ANYWAY. MAY YOU SLEEP WELL MY BROTHER.”


Spicer was diagnosed with advanced brain and lung cancer last year. Despite putting up a valiant fight, his condition took a drastic turn earlier this month. Kurtis Blow told HipHopDX Spicer had recently been moved to hospice care.

Subsequently, his daughter Janel launched a GoFundMe to help with medical and funeral costs.

Spicer was 61.

Many of his Hip Hop peers have expressed their condolences on social media, including Russell Simmons, Snoop Dogg, Questlove, MC Debbie D and Cozmo D from Newcleus.

[This story has been updated. The following was published on September 27, 2019 at 1:32 p.m. PST]

Hip Hop pioneer Jimmy Spicer was diagnosed with stage 4 brain and lung cancer last year and he was fully prepared to fight it head on with the help of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. However, his daughter Janel has revealed he’s now nearing the end.

Subsequently, she’s launched a GoFundMe campaign in an effort to make him as comfortable as possible as his final days loom.

“His condition has taken a rapid turn, deteriorating to the point where we are now, with the end goal being to make his last days as comfortable and pain-free as possible,” Janel wrote in the campaign’s description. “My family and I have been spoiled by the tenacity and fight that my father has displayed during this past year.

“This unexpected and untimely decline has created an urgency that requires us to do all that we can to make his final days as peaceful as possible while respecting each of his last wishes.”



Spicer’s impact on Hip Hop culture was profound. In 1980, he dropped “Adventures Of Super Rhymes,” one of the first Hip Hop songs on wax.

With his storytelling rhymes, he laid the foundation for MCs like Slick Rick and Dana Dane.





Janel, one of his five children, reminded people how integral he was to the culture, adding, “If you have ever loved Hip Hop or have ever sung along to ‘Dollar Bill Y’all’ or ‘The Bubble Bunch,’ or if you’ve ever had the pleasure of knowing my Father and being around his magnetic energy.

“Whether he was rapping his 15-minute epic ‘The Adventures of Super Rhymes’ or dancing on the spot, whether you know him as Moppy from East New York, Super Rhyme, or Jimmy, we need your help.”





In an interview with HipHopDX last September, Spicer explained he was trying alternative forms of treatment as well as radiation.

“There’s a few holistic doctors here in New York but they don’t take insurance,” he said. “They take cash and carry, and my financial situation put me in the position where I had to start a GoFundMe. I’ve spoken to a few friends who have been cancer-free for 10 years and never took chemotherapy. They just did a regular diet and radiation therapy.”

Evidently, those efforts were unsuccessful. Janel explained the funds raised would go to funeral and medical care costs.

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This is way jay z always got the eyes on money

All that being good and nice for the art will make you end up like this

Dying broke

RIP