Person Open DS/UK/18695 Nuriddin; Jalal Mansur (1944-2018); American founding member of The Last Poets Nuriddin Jalal Mansur 1944-2018 American founding member of The Last Poets Male The Grandfather of Rap

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 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". wikipedia International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHeharper 7/1/2014 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 7a4de43a-f8f0-4026-9bdc-f3c8f6ab7b6e