THE ORIGINAL PIMP CANE HAS PASSED

I have been exhausted with this election (as I believe you are too) and I would not put up anything just for you to waste your precious computer/check email time, but this loss was worth the return.

The Godfather of Rap, Petey Wheatstraw, Dolomite, Disco Godfather, Rudy Ray, The Human Tornado-- the list goes on and on, but I'm going to call him what his mama called him Rudolph Frank Moore. Born on March 17, 1927 in Arkansas, this man, who started a career in entertainment as an R & B singer and transitioned into "blue" comedy and recorded party albums (16 to be exact) like his contemporaries, Redd Foxx and Richard Pryor. Rudy's comedy exceeded Pryor and Foxx's in salaciousness and Rudy never achieved the success in TV and films that Foxx and Pryor did(which is something to say when you think about it). He did maintain a cult following with his rhyming and storytelling in the tradition of West Africa. Though more seemly and sexually themed than most West African folk tales, Rudy's tales and vivid characters built an audience that followed him to his film as he starred in numerous Kung-Fu, Blaxploitation films. That audience is still loyal today and many of these people are from the hip hop community, as Rudy Ray is credited with being "ground zero" for rapping. As recent as 2006, Snoop Dogg stated "if it weren't for Dolomite, there'd be no Snoop". I was lucky enough to meet Rudy Ray in 1995, in which he informed me he was escorting his mother to and performing at a church convention. As the look of incredulity came across my face, he promptly said, "The Human Tornado not only cusses, he cleans". And on that note, I ask you to enjoy the trailer to Rudy Ray's film debut in DOLOMITE.

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