According to the documentary Hip Hop Evolution$-$The New Guard, which of the following assertions about rap artist Kurtis Blow are TRUE?Group of answer choicesKurtis Blow's first record was a song called Christmas Rap. Initially, he and Russell Simmons shopped it around to $22$ record labels, all of them turned it down. That song would go on to be one of Hip Hop's biggest hit songs. It was a Christmas song that was being played long after the holidaysKurtis Blow started out as a Playgirl Magazine model who wanted to break into movies. He saw rap as a way to bring attention to himself and thus he linked up with Russell Simmons who at the time was a local party promoter. The pair did a song that was popular among women called 'Bring Sexy Back.$\text{'}25$ years later singer Justin Timberlake and producer Timbaland would remake that song.Kurtis Blow was a former professional athlete. He played for the New York Knicks but injured his ACL which sidelined him for a year. While he recovered he went to a local nightclub called Leviticus where he met a local radio DJ named Frankie Crocker. That night Kurtis heard Crocker rapping on the mic over the instrumental of a popular song. It got him excited and led to him befriending Crocker who taught him how to rap. The pair co$-$wrote a song called Christmas Rap, which went on to be one of Hip Hop's first hit songs.Kurtis Blow and Russell Simmons hatched a crafty plan to get Frankie Crocker who at the time was the hottest radio DJ in New York City, to play Blow's first song Christmas Rap. They went to a club he frequented called Leviticus. They packed the club with lots of college friends and paid the club DJ to play the song as soon as Crocker entered the room. Once the record played everyone in the room cheered and clapped and turn up$.$ That led to Crocker being curious to not only inquire about the record but to go ahead and play it on his radio the next day which was Christmas morning. That song went on to become one of Hip Hop's first big hit songs.