In a 1999 grade school performance of The Wiz, eleven year-old Jazmine Sullivan (whose 2008 hit song "Bust Your Windows" was memorably featured on Glee) sent her classmates over the rainbow.
posted by hermitosis on Apr 12, 2010 - 32 comments

Nipsey Russell's Funky Palace "Hands down, Nipsey Russell is simply an entertainment master. His work in Vaudville, The Match Game, $20,000 Pryamid and The Hollywood Squares all represent wonders of modern entertainment. However, they pale in comparison to his greatest work, breathing new life into the Disco inspired Tin-Man character in the '70's revival of the classic Wizard of Oz film known as The Wiz." This hyperbole-spouting little site also includes photographs of vintage vinyl from the couplet comic himself.
posted by NedKoppel on Oct 10, 2003 - 4 comments