Clarence Reid, aka comedy rap icon Blowfly, was the self-proclaimed "original nasty rapper, porno freak and inventor of the Miami Sound," and was sampled by everyone from Method Man to Jurassic 5. His career actually started in the '60s as a songwriter for artists such as Betty Wright and K.C. & the Sunshine Band. But he delved head-on into the full-costumed alter ego of Blowfly by the early '70s, gaining well-deserved notoriety for songs like "Porno Freak" (the first banned rap track) and "What a Difference a Lay Makes" (which got him sued by ASCAP on behalf of the songwriters of "What a Difference a Day Makes"). Still active into the 2000s, he released 2006's Blowfly's Punk Rock Party on Alternative Tentacles, a label owned by the Dead Kennedys' Jello Biafra. Blowfly died of liver cancer at a South Florida hospice in January 2016. ~ Rovi Staff