Doreen Broadnax, Famous (as Sparky D) for ’80s Rap Battle, Dies at 61

Doreen C. Broadnax, a pioneering rapper of the 1980s, who as Sparky D earned a place in the hip-hop pantheon by taking part in a seminal diss-track war with a rival M.C., Roxanne Shanté, died on July 4. She was 61. Her death was announced in a statement that her family posted on social media. It did...

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