Gil Scott-Heron
Biography
The legendary musician, poet and author Gil Scott-Heron was born in Illinois in 1949, however he spent his childhood in Tennessee, at his grandmother’s place. Gil’s mother was a singer, so he had been acquainted with the world of art since the very childhood. His father was a football player, who became the first black sportsman of Scottish Celtic Football Club. No wonder that the son of such bright parents demonstrated extraordinary talents in many spheres. Thus, Gil moved with his mother to Bronx, where he attended DeWitt Clinton High School. When one of the teachers read young Scott-Heron’s work, he gave it to the head of Fieldston School’s English Department. Due to that Gil got the scholarship and became a student of that prestigious school.
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Reviews
I'm New Here2010
A forerunner of the contemporary hip-hop culture, Gil Scott-Heron, surprised the masses with the unexpected release of another album of his own. A thirty-minute record called I'm New Here appears his first studio work in the last fifteen years
