Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJalal Mansur Nuriddin
American musician
Date of Birth: 24-Jul-1944
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Date of Death: 04-Jun-2018
Profession: poet
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Jalal Mansur Nuriddin
- 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 Fort Greene in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
- Earlier in his career he used the names Lightnin' Rod and Alafia Pudim.
- He is sometimes called "The Grandfather of Rap".A devout Muslim, poet, acupuncturist, and martial art exponent (a practitioner of a form of Bak Mei), Nuriddin's talent and genius with words and rhythm are renowned and he has produced some epic poems such as "Be-Yon-Der", an 18-minute piece on The Last Poets album 1977 album Delights of the Garden, which was released on Celluloid Records.
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