LC control no. | n 91113778 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
LC classification | ML420.C223 Biography |
Personal name heading | Campbell, Luther, 1960- |
See also | Luke, 1960- Corporate body: 2 Live Crew |
Associated country | United States |
Birth date | 19601222 |
Place of birth | Miami (Fla.) |
Affiliation | 2 Live Crew Black Entertainment Television Atlantic Recording Corporation Skyywalker Records (Firm) |
Profession or occupation | Rap musicians Businesspeople |
Found in | His As nasty as they wanna be, c1992: CIP t.p. (Luther Campbell) galley (leader of 2 Live Crew) I got sumthin' on my mind [SR] p1992: label (Luke) Internet movie database, Feb. 26, 2007 (Luther Campbell; b. Miami, Fla., Dec. 22, 1960; sometimes credited as: Luther 'Luke' Campbell, Luke) African American National Biography, accessed January 12, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Campbell, Luther; Luke Skyywalker; rap artist, entrepreneur; born 22 December 1960 in Miami, Florida, United States; became a member of 2 Live Crew rap group (1986); recorded for Skyywalker Records (1987); his follow-up release, As Nasty as They Wanna Be (1989) was pronounced obscene by the federal court judge in Fort Lauderdale (1990); acquitted of obscenity charges (1990); signed with Atlantic Records and released, Banned in the U.S.A.; his autobiography, As Nasty as They Wanna Be, was rejected by publishing houses in United States and came out with a Jamaican publisher (1992); became a strip club owner and host of an X-rated, pay-per-view show on Black Entertainment Television) |