The story goes that a friend of theirs was shipping out to the Army.
At a party sending him off, Cowboy poked fun by chanting syllables like a drill instructor: “Hip-hop-hip-hop-hip-hop.” Cowboy and Starski were soon trading variations on the theme.
Cowboy performing with Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five in Munich in 1984.
Photo: Fryderyk Gabowicz/DPA/Everett Collection
Persons:
Cowboy, Starski, Grandmaster Flash, Fryderyk Gabowicz
Organizations:
Army, Everett
Locations:
Munich