Jalal Mansur Nuriddin R.I.P.
One of the founding members of the hugely influential Last Poets has just died. Jalal and the Last Poets were regarded as the grandfathers of hip hop and their mix of political rap with strong percussion have been sampled by Common, Notorious B.I.G, Snoop Dogg, A Tribe Called Quest and NWA to name just a few. This photo was taken at Celluloid Records, Islington, London on 12 September 1984. Here is the obituary in Rolling Stone featuring this photograph:
https://goo.gl/m3sm38
and an excellent obit in the Guardian here:
https://goo.gl/36b2LT
and one from the New York Times here:
https://goo.gl/DqfoUn
