Jalal Mansur Nuriddin
American poet and musician (1944–2018) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin (July 24, 1944 – June 4, 2018) was an American poet and musician. He was one of the founding members of The Last Poets, a group of poets and musicians that evolved in the 1960s out of the Harlem Writers Workshop in New York City.
Jalal Mansur Nuriddin Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin | |
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Birth name | Lawrence Padilla |
Also known as | Alafia Pudim Lightnin' Rod The Grandfather of Rap |
Born | (1944-07-24)July 24, 1944 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
Died | June 4, 2018(2018-06-04) (aged 73) |
Genres | Spoken word, hip hop |
Years active | 1960s–2018 |
Labels | Douglas Records, Casablanca Records, Celluloid Records, On the One, On U Sound, Charly Records, Acid Jazz |
Website | grandfatherofrap.com |
He was born Lawrence Padilla in Fort Greene in Brooklyn, New York, USA.[1] Earlier in his career he used the names Lightnin' Rod and Alafia Pudim. He is sometimes called "The Grandfather of Rap".[2]
A devout Muslim, poet, acupuncturist, and martial art exponent (a practitioner of a form of Bak Mei), Nuriddin's talent and genius with words and rhythm are renowned and he produced some epic poems such as "Be-Yon-Der", an 18-minute piece on The Last Poets 1977 album Delights of the Garden, which was originally released on Douglas Records, and later on Celluloid Records.