Watts Prophets
Watts Prophets
Top Songs
| 1 | Dem Niggers Ain't PlayingE | ||
| 2 | Everybody WatchesE | ||
| 3 | PainE | ||
| 4 | What It Is, SistersE | ||
| 5 | Watch Out Black FolksE |
Albums
Feb 2015 • 18 songs
Feb 2015 • 20 songs
Jan 1996 • 20 songs
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Biography
The West Coast's answer to the Last Poets, Watts Prophets didn't get much recognition for their contributions to raising Black consciousness and laying the foundations for rap. The group was formed at the Watts Writer's Workshop, an organization started by screenwriter Budd Schulberg designed to provide a creative outlet in the wake of the 1965 Watts riots. Father Amde Hamilton (an Ethiopian Orthodox priest, born Anthony Hamilton), Otis O'Solomon, and Richard Dedeaux met in a workshop circa 1967 and soon began performing together as Watts Prophets, setting their socially and p...