Doreen Broadnax, Famous (as Sparky D) for ’80s Rap Battle, Dies at 61
Tossing verbal grenades back and forth with Roxanne Shanté, she helped establish a lasting hip-hop truism: Bad blood is good business. [Source]
Publication Date:Origin: nytimes.com
Category: Broadnax, Doreen C. (1965-2026)
Topics: business, blood, truism, hip-hop, lasting, establish, helped, Shanté, Roxanne, forth, grenades, verbal, Tossing, Battle, ’80s, Sparky, Famous, Broadnax, Doreen
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/arts/music/sparky-d-dead.html