popular, still inspiring tributes and spoofs today such as Black Dynamite (2009). Cultural historian Todd Boyd finds that Rudy Ray Moore's depiction of Dolemite is linked to rappers like Snoop Dogg and The Notorious B.I.G., pointing out Moore came up with the pronunciation "Biotch!", which later became ubiquitous. Boyd notes the humor in Moore carrying himself off as a sex symbol "to bed the fine-ass women who can't keep their hands off him.” Filmography References External links 1939 births 1984 deaths American male film actors Male actors from New York City African-American film directors American film directors Burials at Inglewood Park Cemetery American male television actors African-American male actors 20th-century American male actors Blaxploitation film directors 20th-century African-American people