The Last Poets

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Biography

Coming out of the poverty-stricken ghetto of Harlem, New York City, USA in the mid-60s, there are many who claim the Last Poets to be the first hip-hop act proper. Originally comprising David Nelson, Gylan Kain and Abiodun Oyewole, the Last Poets formed on 19 May 1969 (Malcolm X’s birthday), the informal line-up grew to include Felipe Luciano, Jalal Mansur Nuriddin aka Alafia Pudim (Gene Dinwiddie), Omar Bin Hassan (aka Umar Bin Hassan - as with other personnel name alterations occurred... Read more

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Genres Jazz Music Videos & Concerts Spoken Word Urban Urban / Rap

Tags spoken word poetry hip-hop jazz funk hip hop

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Genres

Jazz Music Videos & Concerts Spoken Word Urban Urban / Rap

Tags

spoken word

poetry

hip-hop

jazz

funk

hip hop

Links

allmusic discogs myspace official homepage rateyourmusic.com viaf wikidata wikipedia worldcat.org