The Watts Prophets are a group of musicians and poets from Watts, California, United States. Like their contemporaries The Last Poets, the group combined elements of jazz music and spoken-word performance, making the trio one that is often seen as a forerunner of contemporary hip-hop music. Formed in 1967, the group comprised Richard Dedeaux, Father Amde Hamilton (born Anthony Hamilton), and Otis O'Solomon (also billed as Otis O'Solomon Smith) (O'Solomon removed the "Smith" from his name in the 1970s).
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Judy Mowatt
Jamaican singer and songwriter
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Jayne Cortez
Avant-garde jazz poet
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Ant Banks
American rapper
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The Last Poets
several groups of black poets active in the late 1960s Black Power movement
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Gene Orloff
American musician
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O'Donel Levy
American jazz guitarist (1945-2016)
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Jalal Mansur Nuriddin
American musician
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The Temptations
American Motown vocal group
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Otis Williams
Founding member of The Temptations (1941–)
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Jack McDuff
American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader
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Madeline Bell
American soul singer, songwriter
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Bill Laswell
American musician
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War
American funk band
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Roy C
American singer, songwriter
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David T. Walker
American musician
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Bob Marley and the Wailers
Jamaican reggae band
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Marty Morell
American musician
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Bobby Robinson
American songwriter and record producer
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Anita Kerr
American singer, arranger, composer, conductor, pianist, and music producer
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Easy Mo Bee
American record producer
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Ernie Watts
American jazz musician
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Chali 2na
American rapper
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Damon Harris
American musician
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Andy Bey
American musician
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Cecil Bridgewater
American jazz trumpeter
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The Fabulous Counts
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Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
American band
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Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
band
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Anointed
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Terry Knight
American singer and music producer
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O. V. Wright
American singer
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Isaac Hayes
American singer-songwriter, arranger, record producer, and actor (1942-2008)
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Larry Coryell
American guitarist
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Gil Scott-Heron
American musician, poet and author
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Larry Smith
American musician and record producer (1952-2014)
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David Hood
American bass player, Muscle Shoals session player
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Peter Tosh
Jamaican reggae singer and musician
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Bunny Wailer
Jamaican reggae singer, songwriter and percussionist
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Joe Castro
American musician
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Thom Bell
Jamaican-born American singer, songwriter, arranger, and record producer
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Dyke and the Blazers
American funk band led by Arlester Christian
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The Soulful Strings
American soul-jazz instrumental group formed in Chicago in 1966
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Dee Dee Warwick
American soul singer
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Rod McKuen
American poet, songwriter, composer, and singer (1933-2015)
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Mike Watt
musician, songwriter
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Airto Moreira
Brazilian musician
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Bernard Purdie
American drummer
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Otis Redding
American singer, songwriter and record producer
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Jimmy McGriff
American hard bop and soul-jazz organist and organ trio bandleader (1936-2008)
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Firehose
band
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Dee Barton
composer, arranger