January 17, 2016, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, January 17, 2016, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
Place Of Birth
Cochran, Georgia, USA
Profession
Soundtrack, Actor
Nationality
American, American
Children
Tracy Reid, Carole Reid King, Clarence Henry Reid Jr.
Movies
The Weird World of Blowfly
Star Sign
Aquarius
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Trademark
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Deep sinister laugh
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Quote
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Blowfly was invented when I was seven years old in the fields of Georgia. I had to quit school to work the farms. I was a mean little fucker, so I turned hillbilly songs like "Walkin' the Floor Over You" to "Jerkin' My Dick Over You." The white people loved it and gave me money when I'd sing the songs to them. My grandmamma thought I stole the money, and when I told her how I earned it, she said I was a disgrace to the black race and no better than an old Blowfly. But a little white girl told me blowflies lay eggs on dead things and that without them, the world would be consumed by germs.
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[from an interview in 2008] Weird Al ['Weird Al' Yankovic] has said, "Blowfly is an X-rated Weird Al." Wrong. I was writing parodies when Weird Al was in diapers. He's a goody-goody version of Blowfly.
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[comment in 2011] In all of the interviews I've ever done, I said that Blowfly came out of Clarence Reid. But recently I've been thinking that the opposite is right because I was Blowfly before I even thought about singing. But I'm Blowfly the minute I get on stage, and the minute I walk off, I'm Clarence Reid.
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I never drink, never smoke, and I never use drugs. I may go to hell, but it won't be for those things!
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Fact
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Chuck D. admitted in a 2014 interview for the magazine Rolling Stone that Reid's song "Blowfly's Rapp" was a big influence on the landmark hit rap song "Fight the Power" by Public Enemy.
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Son of Dock Reid and Annie Collins.
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Did his first tour of Australia in 2007 and toured Germany with the punk band Die Ärzte in 2008. Moreover, Reid performed as Blowfly at the Big Day Out musical festival held in Australia and New Zealand in 2010.
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Signed up with Jello Biafra's record label Alternative Tentacles in 2005.
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Father of professional basketball player Tracy Reid.
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Earned the nickname Blowfly after his grandmother heard him singing raunchy versions of current hit songs and remarked, "You is no better than a blowfly!".
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Before being considered as a seminal rap artist who influenced hip-hop and gangsta rap, Clarence "Blowfly" Reid was a longtime R & B singer and songwriter ("Clean-Up Woman" for Betty Wright and "Rocking Chair" for Gwen McCrae are probably his best known songs). His lyrics were funny, direct and explicit; his onstage persona as "Blowfly," along with his antic live performances, was unforgettable.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Infiltrator
2016
writer: "I'm Controlled by Your Love"
Loving
2016
performer: "Don't Be a Fool" / writer: "Don't Be a Fool"
Kill the Irishman
2011
writer: "WRONG OR RIGHT HE'S MY BABY"
The Mo'Nique Show
2011
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Fair Game
2010/I
writer: "GOOD LOVIN'"
The Weird World of Blowfly
2010
Documentary performer: "I 4 the Funk", "Mummy Fucker", "Jingle Bell Cock", "Gimme a Try", "Winter Man", "Shittin' On the Dock of the Bay", "I Believe My Dick Can Fly", "Incredible Fulk", "Jerkin' My Dick Over You", "Suck It Till You're Satisfied", "Shake Your Ass", "The Booty Bus", "Should I Fuck This Big Fat Ho", "Rap Dirty", "Spermy Night in Georgia", "By the Time I Get To the Clinic", "Nobody But You Babe" / performer: "My Baby Keeps Farting in My Face", "Can I Come in Your Mouth", "The Eater
The Kids Are All Right
2010
writer: "Good Lovin'"
The Midnight Meat Train
2008
writer: "I Am Controlled By Your Love"
Trick 'r Treat
2007
writer: "Thrills and Chills"
Dirty Country
2007
Documentary performer: "Incredible F**k", "Blowfly's Rap" - as Blowfly / writer: "Incredible F**k", "Blowfly's Rap" - as Blowfly
The Dukes of Hazzard
2005
writer: "Rockin' Chair" - as Clarence Henry Reid
The Bernie Mac Show
2003
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Made
2001
writer: "Quality Control"
Mad Cows
1999
writer: "Clean Up Woman"
New Waterford Girl
1999
writer: "I'm Gettin' Tired Baby"
The Last Days of Disco
1998
writer: "Rockin' Chair"
Ride
1998
as C. Reid, "Clean Up Woman" / writer: "Soldier Funk" - as C. Reid
Plump Fiction
1997
writer: "Clean Up Woman"
She's So Lovely
1997
writer: "Rockin' Chair" 1975
Love Serenade
1996
writer: "Rockin' Chair"
Maid to Order
1987
lyrics: "Clean Up Woman" / music: "Clean Up Woman"
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