The coolest Scientologist ever! The man made some very memorable music in the 70s, winning an Oscar for his theme to the movie Shaft and went on to act in his own awesome blaxploitation movie, Truck Turner! His first two albums, Hot Buttered Soul and Black Moses are both excellent records that anyone who has more than a passing interest in 70s soul and funk should own. He was awesome as the Duke of New York in John Carpenter’s Escape from New York. His version of “Walk on By” is one of the funkiest songs ever. The man accomplished a lot in his life.
Oh and he was on some poorly animated cartoon for a while. I think he played a chef.
Freak out to the trailer for Truck Turner:
And treat your ears to “Walk on By”:
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