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Richard A Dedeaux

 


The Watts Prophets

The Watts Prophets: Father Amde Hamilton, Otis O'Solomon and Richard Anthony Dedeaux formed out of the Watts Writers Workshop. Which became a cultural laboratory for Black ideology created as a positive gesture in reaction to the 1965 Watts riots. The group's combination of performance poetry with percussive rhythms and improvisational jazz is credited as a forerunner of hip-hop music and has been sampled by rap artists such as Digable Planets, Coolio and Ice Cube.

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Books
• All by Myself Poetry
• Poetry From New Orleans to Watts
• The Turbulent 60's Poetry

Short Stories
• A Vision of Mom
• Cocaine
• The Writer

Poetry
• Double Standard - Poetry From New Orleans to Watts
• Father's Day Mom - All by Myself Poetry
• The Pool Hall - The Turbulent 60's Poetry Book


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