Amoeba Music

Blowfly, the original “dirty rapper,” is the Godfather of America’s pop underworld. The always masked, super-hero costumed entertainer specializes in exceedingly obscene parodies of chart hits, along with liberal doses of his own uber-raunchy originals. The evolutionary climax of a long line of African-American boundary-pushers exemplified by Redd Foxx and Rudy Ray Moore, Blowfly’s relentless zeal for outrageous wordplay earned him an international cult following, yet his music has also inspired numerous contemporary hip-hop and R&B stars, and Blowfly samples have turned up in songs by everyone from Ice Cube to Puff Daddy. Famed as the world’s premier, groundbreaking rap artist—his 1965 “Rap Dirty” single preceded... Read More

City Of Origin:

Cochran, Georgia, United States

Genre:

Comedy, Novelty Songs, Hip Hop, Soul, Funk

Birthdate:

02/14/1945