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What's Shuggie Otis' ethnicity? I kept hearing folks on this board talk about him, so I googled him and he looks like he could be Bobby Debarge's twin. And Wiki said nothing about his ethncity, so what is it? "Lack of home training crosses all boundaries." | |
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His dad was greek and his mom was african american | |
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(Father) Ioannis Alexandres Veliotes AKA Johnny Otis
(Mother) Phyllis Otis
Shuggie's parents.
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Thanks bobby! "Lack of home training crosses all boundaries." | |
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Shuggie
Bobby
Well....? Yes/Yes? [Edited 3/6/12 16:55pm] | |
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You mean Cablinasian? | |
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Scriptgirl....did you put Tommy's book on pre order yet? | |
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His parents are a gorgeous pair. I'm willing to bet that there's a strong Native American presence in his family tree, from looking at his mom. | |
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I always say it like this:
He's a BROTHER.
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you've been making me laugh a lot lately, boy you know you don't have a bit of sense. | |
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[Edited 3/6/12 18:16pm] | |
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Ok so know that we know his precise racial makeup, what's his story? Any tracks to recommend someone who's never heard of him? | |
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yes you have.
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Paul Mooney on Tiger Woods Sex Scandel: Oh, Tiger Woods. He thought he was Cabaclasian. He knows what he is now.
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I'm sure you all have heard this one before.
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looking at at his mother and of course his father is greek He probably has less 'african' genetics but he's still a brother ie black man.
Do we even know how he identifies? Or doesn't it matter... | |
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Check out Shuggie's album "Inspiration Information" and the track "Rainy Day" which is my favorite. Then listen to Beyonce's sampling of this on "Dangerously In Love" with the track "Gift From Virgo" which she actually does a nice job with. Shuggie was definately ahead of his time. Raphael Saadiq is also a big fan too doing a song called "I Know Shuggie Otis" on his album "Ray Ray". | |
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Half a brother. | |
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from his mothers looks more like 25% Brother | |
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Yes, he is biracial, he is not wholly black. "Lack of home training crosses all boundaries." | |
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The psychedelic imagery and word play of his Strawberry Letter # 23 bears comparision with John Lennon's Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds. Am I reaching? | |
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Its better, and this is not a biased opinion, because I love the latter too. | |
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Not reaching. I thought I was on an acid trip listeining to strawberry "Lack of home training crosses all boundaries." | |
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Also let's not forget dude was still 16 when he wrote and recorded it. | |
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I think that's a fact of majority of blacks in the America's but less get real. | |
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Majority of blacks and everyone else included. Everyone is not pure ONE race. | |
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a majority of blacks are biracial? | |
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