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# Godfather Of Gangsta
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/godfather-of-gangsta/
- Published: 2003-05-09T19:56:35.000Z
- Updated: 2016-06-16T13:16:34.000Z
- Description: In the red-light district of St Louis in 1895, a pimp shot a man dead in an argument over a hat. The ballad telling the story…
- Author: Protein
- Tags: Seeds, #protein, #Import 2024-06-11 13:21

In the red-light district of St Louis in 1895, a pimp shot a man dead in an argument over a hat. The ballad telling the story has been recorded by hundreds of bluesmen and jazzers - and even the Clash. It also helped create modern-day rap. Cecil Brown tells the [remarkable tale of Stagolee](http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/fridayreview/story/0,12102,951565,00.html?ref=protein.xyz).