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Rudy Ray Moore is Dolemite. When those five words came across movie screens back in 1975 it made history. Film history, black history, everyone’s history! Dolemite was a seminal film in the blaxploitation genre because it was one of the first films in the genre to actually be created by African-Americans. Before Moore cast himself as Dolemite he was already famous for his outrageous comedy and singing albums. Since Dolemite’s release Moore has put out a number of Dolemite sequels and been involved in a number of different projects.
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Rudy Ray Moore had been an all-purpose nightclub entertainer in the late 1950s through the '60s, trying his hand at singing, dancing, comedy--anything that paid the bills. He found his niche in the 1970s with a string of obscenity-laced "blue" comedy albums that were popular with inner-city audiences, reaching into the top 100 in the Billboard charts. His breakthrough LP, Eat Out More Often, included a popular "toast" (rambling, boastful tall-tales recited in rhyme) about a mythical urban superstud named Dolemite. When blaxploitation films suddenly began raking in the bucks in the early 1970s, Moore invested his profits from LP sales into bringing Dolemite to the screen.
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Before he was one of the pioneering underground "party" comics of the '60s and '70s and starred in such infamous blaxploitation epics as Dolemite and Disco Godfather, Rudy Ray Moore had a career as a R&B singer. In the fall of 2000, Moore returned to the bandstand for a nightclub tour in which he belted out vintage tunes such as "Hully Gully Fever" and "Do You Call That a Buddy" alongside new numbers like "Hip Shakin' Papa" and "Put Me in the Mix." Rudy Ray Moore: Live at Wetlands records the New York City date of Moore's musical comeback, with longtime cohort Jimmy Lynch (aka "Mr. Motion" and "The Funky Tramp") leading the band as Moore sings a dozen songs, interspersed with his trademark X-rated comedy. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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Widely hailed as the godfather of rap and the king of party records, actor, producer, comedian, and singer Rudy Ray Moore broke new ground for explicit comedy with wildly popular albums like Eat Out More Often, The Streaker, and The Cockpit. Those albums ... introduced the character of Dolemite, whom Moore went on to portray in a film of the same name. Financed by Moore and filmed partly in his house, 1975's Dolemite was a surprise smash hit, spawning the 1976 sequel The Human Tornado. Several more vehicles followed, including Petey Wheatstraw and Avenging Disco Godfather, which both share the Dolemite films' genre-busting, entertaining combination of martial arts, comedy, and music. Stung by the failure of Avenging Disco Godfather, Moore returned to performing stand-up during the '80s and '90s, gaining a new fan base when rappers like Snoop Dogg and Busta Rhymes began sampling his records and featuring him on their records. Moore's '70s films likewise experienced a surge in popularity, experiencing several video revivals, including a recent DVD box set.
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From All Movie Guide: Born March 17, 1937, in Fort Smith, AR, blaxploitation legend Rudy Ray Moore began his life as an entertainer after moving to Cleveland, OH, at the age of 15. Forging a music career under the stage name of "Prince Dumarr," Moore belted out gutbucket rhythm & blues while wearing a trademark turban, recording several singles and touring through various Midwestern cities. By 1959, he had moved to Los Angeles, dropped the pseudonym, and was focusing on a standup act. A trio of comedy albums released in the early '60s on Dooto Records didn't hit for him, so Moore worked part-time in a record store, where a local wino named Rico would often visit to beg for change. The panhandler recited bawdy "toasts" in exchange for food money, tall tales set to rhyme that have figured in African-American culture for years. One of these stories was "Dolemite," the tale of a mythical black superman who fights lions and can kill women with the power of his lovemaking.
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Rudy Ray Moore has been called everything from the first rapper to the first comedian to make "ghetto expressions" an art form. The creator and star of "blaxploitation" films such as "Dolemite" and "The Human Tornado" recently celebrated his 80th birthday at a big bash at Kenosha's Best Western Conference Center. Although recent health issues forced the entertainer to perform his routine from an electric scooter, the so-called Godfather of Rap still had enough wind to woo a crowd with his crude comedy. He recently talked with Journal Sentinel Night City Editor James E. Causey about his career and upcoming film.
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