Wow!!! Thanks for posting...All the greats are dying off this year. I had his collection....the oscars better acknowledge him when they do there in memory of segment. As goofy as his films were..they grossed $$$ at the box office back in the day and he was an independent film maker. RIP RUDY RAY MOORE



Moore began his entertainment career as an R&B singer and continued singing through his comedy career. He developed an interest in comedy in the Army after expanding on a singing performance for other servicemen.[1]

Rudy Ray Moore released many comedy records throughout the 1960s and 1970s, developing a style even more rude and explicit than contemporaries like Redd Foxx and Richard Pryor. This kept him off of television and major films, but cultivated an enduring fan base. [1]

He also guested on Big Daddy Kane's album Taste of Chocolate, released in 1990 along with The New 2 Live Crew's "Back @ Your Ass For The 94 released in 1994 on Luke Records. He is from Cleveland Ohio.

In 2000, Moore starred in Big Money Hustlas, a movie created by and starring the Insane Clown Posse, in which he played Dolemite for the first time in over 20 years.

In 2008, Moore reprised the character Petey Wheatstraw for the song "I Live For The Funk" Featuring Blowfly and Daniel Jordan. This marked the first time Blowfly and Rudy have collaborated on the same record together and the 30 year anniversary of the movie Petey Wheatstraw, and was also the final recording Rudy made before his death.

On October 19, 2008, Moore died of complications from diabetes. He was 81.

My favorite Dolemite quote, "I'll give a heahache to Acederine and kick the shit outta Ex-lax".... Shear Poetry!! RIP...