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Leonard Harper was a producer, stager, and  choreographer  in New York City during the  Harlem Renaissance  in the 1920's and 1930's. Harper's works spanned the worlds of  Vaudeville ,  Cabaret ,  Burlesque  and Broadway musical comedy. As a dancer, choreographer and studio owner, he coached many of the country's leading performers, including  Ruby Keller .  Fred Astaire  and  Adele Astaire , came by the studio twice, and the  Marx Brothers  went for lessons. He produced floor shows and theatrical revues both uptown in Harlem and downtown on Broadway's Great White Way. In his  Times Square  dance studio he trained the  Busby Berkeley  dancers, and Fred's sister  Adele Astaire . He co-directed and staged the ensemble segments of  The Exile  and the short film  Darktown Revue  with  Oscar Micheaux . Harper staged for Broadway  Hot Chocolates ...

Rudolph Frank Moore , known as  Rudy Ray Moore , was an American comedian, musician, singer, film actor, and film producer.  He was perhaps best known as  Dolemite  (the name derived from the mineral  dolomite ), the uniquely articulate  pimp  from the 1975 film  Dolemite , and its sequels,  The Human Tornado  and  The Return of Dolemite .  The persona was developed during his earlier comedy records,  for which Moore has been called "the Godfather of Rap". Moore was born and raised in  Fort Smith, Arkansas , and eventually moved to  Cleveland, Ohio , and then  Milwaukee, Wisconsin . In Milwaukee, he preached in churches as well as worked as a  nightclub  dancer. He returned to Cleveland, working in clubs as a singer, dancer, and comedian, often appearing in character as  Prince DuMarr . He joined the  US Army  and served in an entertainment unit in Germany, where he w...

  Lawrence Parker, better known by his  stage names   KRS-One , and  Teacha , is an American  rapper  and occasional  producer  from  the Bronx ,  New York City ,  New York . KRS-One rose to prominence as part of the group  Boogie Down Productions , which he formed with DJ  Scott La Rock  in the late 1980's. Following the release of the group's debut album,  Criminal Minded , La Rock was shot dead, but KRS-One continued the group, effectively as a solo project. He began releasing records under his own name in 1993. KRS-One is noted to be a politically active musician having started the  Stop the Violence Movement , after the death of Scott La Rock, and the Temple of Hip Hop, as well as addressing political issues in his music. Lawrence Parker was born in  Brooklyn ,  New York  in 1965.  Parker left home at 16 to become an MC, coming to live at a  homeless shelter  in th...

David Banner is an inspiration to me. For he's one of the few rappers, producers, beat makers, etc who is in the spotlight and still speaks out  against violence in the "Black" community, on national news shows such as CNN, etc and he's talked about it in several of his interviews. He brings truth to light. I thank him, appreciate him and I salute him. I ask that you tell me what you think about David Banner, his activism and his music. I share with you but, a few YouTube vids and an article about him. http://allhiphop.com/2007/08/16/david-banner-stop-attacking-the-kids/