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A former person in the final Poets, Lightnin’ Pole helped pioneer the spoken-rhyme design that would 1 day become rap. His most renowned record, Hustler’s Convention, informed the story of the ill-fated ghetto “participant” and highlighted support instrumentation by Kool & the Gang.

Making use of their politically charged raps, taut rhythms, and dedication to increasing African-American consciousness, the final Poets almost single-handedly laid the groundwork for the emergence of hip-hop. The group arose from the jail encounters of Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, a U.S. Military paratrooper who decided to go with jail instead …