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Rudy Ray Moore was an American comedian, singer, actor, and film producer who created the character Dolemite, a pimp and kung-fu hero. He was known as the "Godfather of Rap" for his profane and rhyming comedy records and influenced many artists such as Eddie Murphy and Bob Dylan.
Rudy Ray Moore was a comedian and actor who created the character of Dolemite, a kung-fu fighting pimp. He starred in several blaxploitation films, such as Dolemite, The Human Tornado and Disco Godfather, and wrote and produced some of them.
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Born Rudolph Frank Moore on March 17, 1927, in Fort Smith, Arkansas, the eventual stand-up started out singing in church. After moving to Cleveland, Ohio, at 15, Moore wona talent contest which led to bit gigs throughout the state. It was in Ohio’s “Black and Tan” clubs of the 1940s where Moore began to showcase his talents. These venues largely pr...
Moore shrewdly used the profits from his comedy albums to fund a “blaxploitation film” about Dolemite. As The New York Timesdefines it, blaxploitation movies were: Blaxploitation films were often crafted by white people with the intention of grabbing black audiences, but Dolemite turned this genre on its head because it was made by a black comedian...
“The movie was very close to the mark,” said Moore biographer David Shabazz of the accuracy of Dolemite Is My Name. The movie focused primarily on Moore’s quest for fame as a brash, outspoken, X-rated entertainer, but in real life Moore was soft-spoken. The devoutly religious Moore even took his mother to the National Baptist Convention every year....
Although Moore didn’t mean to, his style of comedy inadvertently inspired hip-hop more than a decade after Dolemitefirst premiered. Dolemite spoke in rhyming monologues about inner-city woes over music and concluded his stanzas with engaging punchlines. Were his performances sped up and put over a drum track, they would certainly resemble rap as we...
Learn about Rudy Ray Moore, the singer-turned-actor who created the blaxploitation character Dolemite and influenced black culture. Discover his true story, his comedy albums, his films, and his legacy.
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Sep 15, 2020 · Setting the precedent for mixing beats and rhyme, he earned the nickname the Godfather of Rap, for having helped birth the genre, with Busta Rhymes, Beastie Boys, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, 2...
Oct 26, 2019 · Learn about Rudy Ray Moore, the comedian, singer, actor, and producer who created the iconic character of Dolemite. Discover how he became a rap pioneer, a blaxploitation filmmaker, and a cult hero with his outrageous humor and style.
Oct 22, 2008 · Rudy Ray Moore, whose standup comedy, records and movies related earthy rhyming tales of a vivid gaggle of characters as they lurched from sexual escapade to sexual escapade in a boisterous...
Oct 20, 2019 · Oct. 20, 2019 3:28 PM PT. Rudy Ray Moore and his singular brand of comedy captured Eddie Murphy ‘s imagination from a young age. It started when Murphy’s brother, Charlie, came home raving...
