Sad news on sunday. The disco godfather, human tornado, standup comic, blaxploitation legend and underground sensation, Rudy Ray Moore died from complications related to diabetes.
Moore is a man who needs no introduction. As Dolemite he was the flyest pimp the world had ever seen. A comic with a staggering degree of self-assurance and a man that I’m sure could rhyme any combination of words to craft genuinely obscene sex raps. I’m rather quite surprised that he was better known for Dolemite than he was Petey Wheatstraw, his flagship character, a real bad ass.
According to Moore, he developed his style by hanging out and listening to dudes sit around, drinking and talking some heavy shit about strings of women that they may or may not have actually nailed. There were many like hiim but none so perfect. Rudy will be missed.
October 21, 2008 9:46 pm
Man, I just watched Human Tornado Sunday night!