Jalal Mansur Nuriddin
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 | Acid Jazz | July 24, 1944
Website | grandfatherofrap.com |
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.
He was born Lawrence Padilla in
A devout
Early life
Jalal Mansur Nuriddin grew up in Fort Greene, a neighborhood of
He was given early release on condition that he join the
The Last Poets
Nuriddin joined the first version of The Last Poets, with members
Together with
"Lightnin' Rod" was the pseudonym of Nuriddin when he released his seminal 1973
In April 2008, Nuriddin reunited and reconciled with fellow Last Poets Umar Bin Hassan and Abiodun Oyewole, along with David Nelson and Felipe Luciano, all of whom appear in Made in Amerikkka, a documentary by French film-maker Claude Santiago.
Nuriddin made an album for
Nuriddin and the Last Poets also had a cameo appearance in John Singleton's 1993 film Poetic Justice, starring Janet Jackson and Tupac Shakur.
2004–2018
In 2004, Nuriddin wrote the foreword to
Nuriddin returned to the UK in 2014 to perform live the seminal solo album Hustlers Convention, credited as being the first ever rap album
Jalal died after a long battle with cancer on June 4, 2018.[19]
Selected discography
- On The One
- The Fruits of Rap
- Science Friction
- Mean Machine (1984) 12"
The Last Poets
- Long Enough 12" (The Last Poets)
Lightnin' Rod
- Douglas Records Cat No: UA-LA156-F, featuring King Curtis, Cornell Dupree, Eric Gale, Gene Dinwiddie, Buzz Feiten, Kool & the Gang, Billy Preston engineers Tony Bongiovi and Ron Saint Germain)
- Doriella Du Fontaine (session recorded by Alan Douglas in November 1969, with Jimi Hendrix and Buddy Miles).
Guest appearances
- Material: The Third Power; E Pluribus Unum and Power Of Soul (Black Chant).
- Working Week: Working Nights / 12"; Stella Marina.
- Apollo 440: Dude Descending A Staircase; Hustler Groove and The Children of the Future.
- Cosmo Vitelli: Video; Science Affliction.
- Silent Poets: Words and Silence; Inquizative, Derivative, and The Children of the Future.
- Faya Dub: Sings and Plays; Reggae Monk.
- Seven Dub: Rock It Tonight; Land of the Lost and Naturally.
- Michel Benita: Drastic; Sky Screen.
- Aktivist: Stereotape; Nouvelle Experience.
- Various Artists: Acid Jazz And Other Illicit Grooves (spoken word — Introduction only)
- Various Artists: 12" / 30 Ans Apres Martin Luther King.
- Various Artists: Tempo Jazz Edition Volume 1 – Talking Loud; Mean Machine '90.
- Malik & the O.G's: Rhythms of the Diaspora Vol's 1 & 2 Featuring Gil Scott-Heron & The Last Poets (spoken word – Jazzoetry); "Malik's Mode", Mentis Records 2015.
- Stephen McCraven: Killing Us Hardly; "We Can't Stand It", 2018[20]
Filmography
- Poetic Justice, directed by John Singleton. With Janet Jackson and Tupac Shakur.
- Art Blakey, directed by Dick Fontaine, featuring Art Blakey, Wayne Shorter, Branford Marsalis, Courtney Pine and Steve Williamson.
References
- ^ a b Russonello, Giovanni (June 13, 2018). "Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, 'Grandfather of Rap,' is Dead at 73". The New York Times.
- ^ "Jalal of The Last Poets". DMC World Magazine. January 31, 2014. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
- ^ "Marcy Ave Chaplains and Brief Description of the Immortal Sinners gang | New York City Fighting Gangs". October 29, 2013.
- ^ a b Al Nasir, Abdul Malik (June 6, 2018). "Jalal Mansur Nuriddin: Farewell to the 'grandfather of rap'". The Guardian.
- ^ "Jalal Mansur Nuriddin of the Last Poets Dead at 74 - XXL". June 6, 2018.
- ^ "The Last Poets Biography".
- ISBN 978-0-87930-744-8.
- ^ Kaufman, Gil (June 6, 2018). "Last Poets Member, 'Grandfather of Rap' Jalal Mansur Nuriddin Dies at 74". Billboard.
- ^ Renshaw, David (June 6, 2018). "Jalal Mansur Nuriddin of the Last Poets has died". Fader.
- ^ Leight, Elias (June 5, 2018). "Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, the Last Poets Member and Rap Pioneer, Dead at 74". Rolling Stone.
- ^ "The Last Poets | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ Minsker, Evan (June 6, 2018). "The Last Poets' Jalal Mansur Nuriddin Dead at 74". Pitchfork.
- ^ Reeves, Mosi (April 25, 2018). "The Last Poets, Rap Forefathers, Talk Return, Black Lives Matter". Rolling Stone.
- ^ "Fore-Word Press". Archived from the original on September 11, 2017. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ Rhythms of the Diaspora Vol's 1 & 2, Mentis Records (2015).
- ^ Thomson, Graeme (January 30, 2014). "Hustlers Convention: rap's great lost album". The Guardian.
- ^ Hustlers Convention
- ^ Hustlers Convention Feature Documentary UK Release 2014.
- ^ "Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, The Last Poets Member and Rap Pioneer, Dead at 74". www.msn.com. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
- ^ "We Can't Stand It" – via YouTube.