Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin

Aliases: Lightnin' Rod
Born: July 24, 1944
Died: June 4, 2018
Country: United States
IPI: 00249660442 3 works
Affiliation: PRS
Comments: Black activist, poet and musician, who helped establish the foundation for hip-hop and rap as a member of The Last Poets and in his own solo work. Sometimes called 'The Grandfather of Rap'.
Member of: The Last Poets

Songs written by Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Mean Machine	Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin, Nilaja Obabi	The Last Poets	1971	Covered by D. ST. & Jalaluddin M. Nuriddin
Mean Machine Chant	Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin, Nilaja Obabi, Umar Bin Hassan	The Last Poets	1971
Sport	Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin, Robert "Kool" Bell, Robert Mickens, George Brown [US1], Claydes Smith, Ronald Bell, Ricky West, Dennis Thomas	Lightnin' Rod	July 24, 1973
The Break Was So Loud, It Hushed the Crowd	Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin, Gene Dinwiddie	Lightnin' Rod	July 24, 1973

Title	Written by	Originals	Originally by	Covered by
Mean Machine	Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin, Derek Showard	Mean Machine	D. ST. & Jalaluddin M. Nuriddin