He was, the executive who signed Whodini said, “truly one of the first rap stars” and a sex symbol “when they were very scarce in the early days of rap.” By Jon Caramanica John Fletcher ...

Children from John Fletcher of Madeley Primary School visit St Michael's Church, Madeley for the rededication of the Nine Men of Madeley plaque.

Children from John Fletcher of Madeley Primary School attend the rededication for the Nine Men of Madeley plaque event at St Michael's Parish Church, Madeley.

Whodini rapper John ‘Ecstasy’ Fletcher, hip-hop pioneer, dies at 56 Whodini’s John “Ecstasy” Fletcher, center, at Hammersmith Odeon in London in 1986.