The Last Poets ~ Jalal Mansur Nuriddin

Jalal Mansur Nuriddin of "The LAST POETS" ? working with a few of the great like " Tupac Shukur, Janet Jackson , Jimi Hendrix , to name just a few " They were the first rap group to be acclaimed by the people and went on to sell a million records by word of mouth. Today, Jalal, the sole remaining member of that unit, has evolved the artform to the bard level, and after having recorded his first rap record with Jimi Hendrix in 1969, he continues to develop his own style of spoetry, which he calls "Spoagraphics" as a separate development in his evolution, and doesn't mind being "Last but not least". In as much as his objective as an artist has always been to master his "axe" a piece of advice given to him by Max Roach, in the early days of his career.