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Blowfly

R&B

1970s - 1980s

R&B hitmaker Clarence Reid transforms into comedy-soul alter ego Blowfly.

Biography

Clarence Reid, aka comedy-rap icon Blowfly, is the self-proclaimed “original nasty rapper, porno freak and inventor of the Miami Sound,” and has been sampled by everyone from Method Man to Jurassic 5. His career actually started in the ’60s as a songwriter for artists such as Betty Wright and K.C. & the Sunshine Band. But he delved head-on into the full-costumed alter ego of Blowfly by the early ’70s, gaining well-deserved notoriety for songs like “Porno Freak” (the first banned rap track) and “What A Difference a Lay Makes” (which got him sued by ASCAP on behalf of the songwriters of “What A Difference a Day Makes”). Still active in the '00s, Blowfly released 2006’s BLOWFLY’S PUNK ROCK PARTY on Alternative Tentacles Records, a label owned by the Dead Kennedys’ Jello Biafra.

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