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| | Rhythm 'n' blues - soul - rock singer - songwriter - producer - music journalist - poet.
Born 1949-11-27 in New York.
Debuted on Atlantic Records in 1969 with "Motor-Cycle," a semi-autobiograhical LP fusing urban poetry with rock, R&B, and jazz
Her groundbreaking - pioneering work has made her a seminal female figure in music business.
The succes of [m164133], which she co-wrote, enabled her to move into record production.
During the early 80's she collaborated extensively with Arthur Baker and formed electro hip hop group Warp 9 with co-producer Richard Scher.
As a writer/producer, Golden gained artistic control of her work, becoming a major progenitor of electro and early hip hop.
In 1985 she moved to Los Angeles where she started working in a semi-regular basis with Tommy Faragher.
She is featured in the book Signed, Sealed And Delivered: True Life Stories Of Women In Pop (1984) and in David Toop's book Rap Attack 3: African Rap To Global Hip Hop.
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