Died at age 80 of stomach cancer.
Man Nipsy was on like EVERY game show in the 70's, and his poems were pretty funny... I'll see if I can track one down... He was also the Tin Man in the Wiz.
Ain't Ghana Eat
An African delegate was driving
Along Highway One, between Baltimore
And Washington, D.C., and stopped at a restaurant to dine.
When he entered, they told him
They didn't serve blacks. The delegate,
Flustered with embarrassment, pulled up
All his dignity and said in a loud voice,
"I'm the African from Ghana."
The waitress looked him straight in the eye and said,
"Well you ain't Ghana eat here!"
Still A N*gger
A guy sitting in bus station notices a scale
That tells your weight and your fortune.
He goes up to the scale, steps on,
And drops a coin into the slot.
A little card comes out. It reads,
"You weigh 150 pounds, you are a Negro,
and you're on your way to Chicago."
The man is surprised that he's been identified
As a Negro, so he tries it again.
And again the card comes out and reads,
"You weigh 150 pounds, you are a Negro,
and you are on your way to Chicago."
The guy is amazed.
He sees an old Indian sitting all wrapped up in a blanket,
So he goes over, borrows the blanket and wraps it around himself
As disguise.
He sticks a feather in his hair,
Goes back to the scale and deposits another coin,
This time it reads, "You still weigh 150 pounds,
You're still a n*gger, and by f**cking around, you've missed your bus to Chicago."
Man Nipsy was on like EVERY game show in the 70's, and his poems were pretty funny... I'll see if I can track one down... He was also the Tin Man in the Wiz.
Ain't Ghana Eat
An African delegate was driving
Along Highway One, between Baltimore
And Washington, D.C., and stopped at a restaurant to dine.
When he entered, they told him
They didn't serve blacks. The delegate,
Flustered with embarrassment, pulled up
All his dignity and said in a loud voice,
"I'm the African from Ghana."
The waitress looked him straight in the eye and said,
"Well you ain't Ghana eat here!"
Still A N*gger
A guy sitting in bus station notices a scale
That tells your weight and your fortune.
He goes up to the scale, steps on,
And drops a coin into the slot.
A little card comes out. It reads,
"You weigh 150 pounds, you are a Negro,
and you're on your way to Chicago."
The man is surprised that he's been identified
As a Negro, so he tries it again.
And again the card comes out and reads,
"You weigh 150 pounds, you are a Negro,
and you are on your way to Chicago."
The guy is amazed.
He sees an old Indian sitting all wrapped up in a blanket,
So he goes over, borrows the blanket and wraps it around himself
As disguise.
He sticks a feather in his hair,
Goes back to the scale and deposits another coin,
This time it reads, "You still weigh 150 pounds,
You're still a n*gger, and by f**cking around, you've missed your bus to Chicago."