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| Rudy Ray Moore | |
|---|---|
 Moore in 2007 | |
| Born | Rudolph Frank Moore (1927-03-17)March 17, 1927 Fort Smith, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Died | October xix, 2008(2008-ten-xix) (anile 81) Akron, Ohio, U.S. |
| Occupation |
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| Years agile | 1948–2008 |
| Website | www |
Rudolph Frank Moore (March 17, 1927 – October nineteen, 2008), known as Rudy Ray Moore, was an American comedian, vocalist, actor, and film producer.[1] He created the character Dolemite, the pimp from the 1975 picture Dolemite and its sequels, The Human Tornado and The Dolemite Explosion (aka The Return of Dolemite).[2] The persona was developed during his early comedy records.[3] [4] The recordings often featured Moore delivering profanity-filled rhyming poetry, which subsequently earned Moore the nickname "the Godfather of Rap."[four] Thespian and comedian Eddie Murphy portrayed Moore in the 2019 pic Dolemite Is My Name.
Early life [edit]
Moore was born and raised in and lived in the Johnson House on 1400 North 12th Street Fort Smith, Arkansas,[v] and eventually moved to Akron, Ohio, and then Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In Milwaukee, he preached in churches and worked as a nightclub dancer.[6] He returned to Akron, working in clubs as a vocalist, dancer, and comedian, often appearing in character as Prince DuMarr.[7] He joined the Us Army and served in an amusement unit in Germany, where he was nicknamed the Harlem Hillbilly for singing country songs in an R&B style.[1] He developed an involvement in comedy in the Army after expanding on a singing performance for other servicemen.[8]
After his honorable discharge he lived in Seattle, Washington so Los Angeles, where he connected to work in clubs and was discovered by record producer Dootsie Williams.[half-dozen] He recorded rhythm and blues songs for the Federal, Greenbacks, Brawl, Kent, and Regal labels between 1955 and 1962, and released his first comedy albums, Below the Belt (1961), The Beatnik Scene (1962), and A Comedian Is Born (1964).[8] [9]
Career [edit]
Dolemite records and wider acclamation [edit]
By his own account, he was working at the globe famous Dolphin's of Hollywood tape store in Los Angeles, California in 1970 when he began hearing obscene stories of "Dolemite" recounted past a local man named Rico. Moore recorded a number of street poets, including Big Brown who, before he moved to Los Angeles, had been an influence on Bob Dylan, amidst other artists, while living in Greenwich Village. (Dylan said Dark-brown's poetry was the all-time poetry he had ever heard.)[10] In 1973, Moore produced Brown's album, The First Man of Poesy, Big Brown: Betwixt Heaven and Hell.
According to Moore, in that location was a wino named Rico, and Moore heard him on the street corner doing all these raps and rhymes:[11]
Rico, you lot do "Dolemite", I'1000 gonna give you some money for soup. He did "Dolemite" in the middle of the floor in the store I was working and the people just rolled. And so I idea then, he's not a professional person; I'm a professional comedian. What if I did "Dolemite"? Sure enough, I invited him to my business firm, give him a lilliputian reefer and some wine. He put "Dolemite" on tape, I recorded it, the rest is history.
Moore began recording the stories, and assumed the role of "Dolemite" in his club human action and on recordings.[12] In 1970–71 he recorded iii albums of material, Eat Out More Often, This Pussy Belongs To Me, and The Dirty Dozens, where "with jazz and R&B musicians playing in the background, [Moore] would recite raunchy, sexually explicit rhymes that oft had to do with pimps, prostitutes, players, and hustlers."[13]
Moore was influenced past more mainstream comedians such as Redd Foxx and Richard Pryor, as well as by traditions such as the Dozens. The recordings were usually made in Moore's apartment, with friends in attendance to give a party temper. The album covers and contents were oftentimes too racy to be put on display in record stores,[12] but the records became pop through word of mouth and were highly successful in Black American communities,[1] where his "warped wit and anti-establishment outlook" were embraced.[4]
Dolemite movie and later success [edit]
Moore spent nearly of his earnings from the records to finance the movie Dolemite, which was filmed in January 1974. Information technology was released and distributed nationally outset in April 1975, and has been described every bit "i of the neat blaxploitation movies" of the 1970s.[3] [4] The character was "the ultimate ghetto hero: a bad dude, profane, skilled at kung-fu, dressed to kill and hell-bent on protecting the community from evil menaces. He was a pimp with a kung-fu-fighting clique of prostitutes and he was known for his sexual prowess."[12]
The pic was successful and was followed by The Human Tornado, The Monkey Hustle, and Petey Wheatstraw: The Devil'southward Son-in-Law. Moore continued to release albums that appealed to his enduring fanbase through the 1970s and 1980s, simply little of his work reached a white audience. His "rapid-burn down rhyming salaciousness exceeded the wildest excesses" of Foxx and Pryor,[1] and his highly explicit mode kept him off boob tube and major films.[3] [12] At the same fourth dimension, Moore often spoke in his church and regularly took his female parent to the National Baptist Convention. He said that: "I wasn't saying dingy words just to say them... It was a course of art, sketches in which I developed ghetto characters who cursed. I don't want to be referred to as a dirty sometime human, rather a ghetto expressionist."[12]
Later career [edit]
In 1990, Moore appeared on Large Daddy Kane's album Taste of Chocolate.
In 1990, Moore appeared in Eric B. & Rakim's In The Ghetto music video.
In 1994, Moore appeared on two Alive Crew's album Dorsum at Your Ass for the Ix-iv.
In 1995, Moore appeared in an episode of Martin titled "The Players Came Home".[14]
In 1997, Moore reprised his Dolemite character for a voiceover in the intro of Busta Rhymes' platinum album When Disaster Strikes....[fifteen]
In 1999, Moore reprised his Dolemite character in an appearance on Snoop Dogg's album No Limit Top Dogg. Also in the same twelvemonth, footage (including sound) from the Dolemite Movie was used in Ol' Dirty Bastard's music video „Got Your Coin" (feat. Kelis).
In 2000, Moore starred in Big Money Hustlas, a flick created by and starring the rap-stone group Insane Clown Posse, in which he played Dolemite for the first time in over twenty years.
In 2001, Moore was a featured invitee in the intro of Busta Rhymes' platinum selling album Genesis.[16] [17]
In 2006, Moore voice-acted in the show Sons of Butcher, as Rudy in season 2.
In 2008, Moore reprised the graphic symbol Petey Wheatstraw on the song "I Live for the Funk", which featured Blowfly and Daniel Jordan. Information technology marked the showtime time Blowfly and Moore collaborated on the same record together, as well every bit the 30-twelvemonth anniversary of the movie Petey Wheatstraw; information technology was as well the concluding recording Moore made before his death.[eighteen]
Personal life [edit]
Moore never married. His long-time manager, Donald Randall, said in 2012 that Moore had both female person and male person lovers.[19] Entertainer Stanton Z. LaVey, a friend of Moore's, said in 2019 that Moore was "very much bisexual, if not gay", and that his Dolemite persona helped encompass it up.[20]
Death [edit]
On October 19, 2008, Moore died in Akron, Ohio, of complications from diabetes. His mother, two brothers, a sister, a girl, and grandchildren survived him.[12]
Legacy [edit]
He came to be regarded as a major influence by many subsequently rap stars. Snoop Dogg said that "without Rudy Ray Moore, there would be no Snoop Dogg, and that'southward for real."[1]
On June 7, 2018, it was announced that Craig Brewer would direct Dolemite Is My Name from a script by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski with Netflix producing and distributing and Eddie White potato starring equally Moore.[21] [22] Later that month, the rest of the principal cast was announced.[23] [24] [25] In July 2018, Chris Rock and Ron Cephas Jones joined the cast.[26] Principal photography began on June 12, 2018.[27] In Baronial 2019, the trailer was released. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September vii, 2019, and received a limited release on October 4, 2019, before digital streaming on October 25, 2019.
In January 2022, a detailed biography, Thank You For Letting Me Exist Myself: The Authorized Biography of Rudy Ray Moore aka Dolemite by Mark Jason Murray, was released. It was noted every bit the definitive story on Moore's unabridged life, career and legacy.[ commendation needed ]
Discography [edit]
Albums [edit]
- Below the Chugalug (1959)
- Beatnik Scene (1962)
- A Comedian Is Born (1964)
- Let'south Come Together (1970, recorded 1967)
- Swallow Out More Often (1970) (Kent KST 001)
- This Pussy Belongs to Me (1970)[28] (Kent KST 002) - with "The Signifying Monkee"
- Dolemite for President (1972)
- Merry Christmas, Baby
- The Cockpit - with "Petey Wheatstraw - The Devil's Son-in-Constabulary"
- Return of Dolemite (featuring The Grunts & Groans of Love)
- The Sensuous Black Man - by "The Prince"
- Zodiac
- I Can't Believe I Ate the Whole Thing
- Jokes by Redd Foxx
- Alive in Concert
- The Thespian—The Hustler
- Firm Party: Muddy Dozens Vol. 1
- The Streaker
- Dolemite Is Another Crazy Nigger
- Sweetness Peeter Jeeter
- The Turning Point
- Close Encounter of the Sexual activity Kind
- Adept-Ole Big Ones
- Hip-Shakin' Papa
- Greatest Hits (1995)
- When Disaster Strikes... - Busta Rhymes (Moore appears on "Intro" track) (1997, Elektra 62064-1)
- This Ain't No White Christmas
- Raw, Rude, and Existent—More Greatest Hits
- Phantom Surfers - XXX Party (2000)
- 21st-Century Dolemite (2002)
- Hully Gully Fever
- Genius of Rudy Ray Moore
- Reconnect: Vol. 1B - diverse (2007, Acacia Records ACACIA CD-1B) (Moore appears on the 2 "Godfather of Rap" tracks)
- Dolemite for President — Special Edition (2008)
- 50 Years of Cussing (2009)
- fifty Years of Cussing, Vol. 2 (2019)
Singles [edit]
- "Stride It Upwardly and Go" (King Records)
- "Below the Belt" (Dooto)
- "The Roosevelt" (Dooto)
- "Let's Come Together"
- "My Soul" - The Seniors (Ball 001)
- "Rally in the Valley" (Vermont 105-45)
- "Hully Gully Papa" (Case Records 1006)
Filmography [edit]
| Twelvemonth | Title | Function | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Dolemite | Dolemite | |
| 1976 | The Human Tornado | Dolemite | |
| The Monkey Hu$tle | Goldie | ||
| 1977 | Petey Wheatstraw | Petey | |
| 1979 | Disco Godfather | Tucker Williams | |
| 1982 | Penitentiary Ii | Husband | |
| 1995 | Murder Was the Case: The Picture | Dolemite | Brusque |
| 1996 | Martin | Dolemite | Episode: "The Players Came Home" |
| 1997 | Violent New Breed | Pastor Williams | Straight-to-video |
| B*A*P*S | Nate | ||
| Fakin' da Funk | Larry | ||
| 1999 | Shaolin Dolemite | Monk Ru-Dee | Direct-to-video |
| Jackie's Back | Bad Guy | Television set | |
| 2000 | Big Coin Hustlas | Dolemite | Direct-to-video |
| Shoe Shine Boys | |||
| 2002 | The Return of Dolemite | Dolemite | aka The Dolemite Explosion |
| Live At Wetlands N.Y.C. | Himself | September 2000 music operation and comedy at Wetlands in New York City | |
| The Fable of Dolemite: Bigger and Badder | Himself | DVD release with performance clips and interviews with Moore | |
| Rude | Himself | 1982 one-act performance at Blueberry Colina in Los Angeles | |
| 2003 | The Watermelon Heist | Angel of Expiry | |
| 2005 | Sons of Butcher | Rudy the psychic janitor | Television receiver serial Flavor two, ane episode |
| Vampire Assassin | |||
| 2007 | A Stupid Moving picture for Jerks | Cop | |
| 2009 | It Came from Trafalgar | Dangerous Dan | Posthumous release, (terminal picture function) |
| 2019 | Dolemite Is My Proper noun | Himself | Annal footage; posthumous release |
References [edit]
- ^ a b c d eastward Douglas Martin, "Rudy Ray Moore, 81, a Precursor of Rap, Dies", NY Times, 22 October 2008. Retrieved February 23, 2014
- ^ Reid, Shaheem. "Dolemite Tells Dirty Jokes, Warns Snoop Of His Mic Supremacy". MTV News.
- ^ a b c Allmusic Biography by Cub Koda. Retrieved February 23, 2014
- ^ a b c d Soren Bakery, "`Dolemite' star explores music", The Chicago Tribune, x May 2002. Retrieved February 23, 2014
- ^ Koch, Stephen (November 4, 2019). "Straight outta Westark: Rudy Ray Moore". Arkansas Times . Retrieved November 12, 2019.
- ^ a b Dootsie Williams, Liner notes for Below The Chugalug. Retrieved February 23, 2014
- ^ Obituary, Rudolph Frank "Rudy Ray Moore" Moore, 21 Oct 2008. Retrieved February 23, 2014
- ^ a b Biography by Mark Jason Murray at Rudy Ray Moore website. Retrieved February 23, 2014
- ^ Discography at WangDangDula.com. Retrieved Feb 23, 2014
- ^ "Bill Flanagan interviewed Bob Dylan in New York in March 1985 for his 1985 volume "Written In My Soul."". Retrieved January 18, 2020.
- ^ Interview with Moore on DVD "The Legend of Dolemite: Bigger and Badder"
- ^ a b c d e f Jocelyn Y Stewart, "Obituary: Rudy Ray Moore", Los Angeles Times, 21 October 2008. Retrieved February 23, 2014
- ^ Alex Henderson, Review of This Pussy Belongs To Me at Allmusic.com. Retrieved February 23, 2014
- ^ "Martin | Boob tube Guide". TVGuide.com . Retrieved September v, 2020.
- ^ Billboard. June half-dozen, 2009. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
- ^ Genesis (booklet). Flipmode, J. 2001.
- ^ "Gilded & Platinum". RIAA . Retrieved September six, 2020.
- ^ I Alive iv The Funk – Analog Medium
- ^ Higgins, Keenan (November 20, 2012). "New Doc Reveals Details of 'Dolemite' Actor Rudy Ray Moore's Sexuality". Vibe . Retrieved June 16, 2021 ; Hashemite kingdom of jordan, Carlton. "Exclusive: Longtime Manager Says Rudy Ray Moore AKA 'Dolemite' Was Gay". CarltonJordan.com. Archived from the original on Nov 27, 2012.
- ^ LaVey, Stanton Z. (October 5, 2019). "My Coke-Fueled Nights With Dolemite". Ozy.com . Retrieved June twenty, 2021.
- ^ Galuppo, Mia (June 7, 2018). "Eddie Potato to Star equally Rudy Ray Moore for Netflix". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved June 7, 2018.
- ^ McNary, Dave (June 8, 2018). "Film News Roundup: Eddie Murphy to Star in Biopic 'Dolemite Is My Name' for Netflix".
- ^ "Wesley Snipes Joins Eddie Murphy in Netflix's 'Dolemite Is My Name!' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. June 14, 2018.
- ^ "T.I. in Talks to Join Eddie Murphy in Netflix's 'Dolemite Is My Proper name!' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. June 25, 2018.
- ^ "Keegan-Michael Key Joins Eddie Spud in 'Dolemite Is My Name!' (Sectional)". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ "'This Is Us' Star Ron Cephas Jones Joins Eddie Murphy in 'Dolemite' (Sectional)". The Hollywood Reporter. July 25, 2018.
- ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (June 7, 2018). "Eddie White potato to Star as Rudy Ray Moore for Netflix". Deadline . Retrieved June vii, 2018.
- ^ "This Pussy Belongs to Me - Rudy Ray Moore | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
External links [edit]
- Rudy Ray Moore official Web site
- Rudy Ray Moore at IMDb
- Dolemite Records
- Sweet Peter Jeeter, audio of LP
- Rudy Ray Moore Record Characterization
- Zolten, Jerry, "'I Ain't Lyin'!' The Unexpurgated Truth about Rudy Ray Moore." Living Blues # 157, May/June 2001.
- ZZZlist.com 2007 interview with Rudy Ray Moore
- Rudy Ray Moore dies at the age of 81
- MTV Obituary
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Ray_Moore
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