That same year, Gil released an album of poetry and music, entitled 'The Mind Of Gil Scott Heron' for Arista Records. By the turn of the decade, Nile Rogers (from the group Chic) had been recruited on production chores. A fine, albeit hard to find overview of Gil Scott Heron's career prior to 1985, 'The Best of Gil Scott-Heron' is a decent introduction to the man and his work. Sadly, I was right. Gil Scott-Heron is dead at age 62. The man who was our best at proclaiming uncomfortable truths, and at finding the black humor (in several senses) in those situations, has left us. There's a holy trinity of proto-rap: The Last Poets, The Watts Prophets, and Gil Scott-Heron. They were rapping before rap was a genre. Listen to music from Gil Scott-Heron. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from Gil Scott-Heron.

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Gil Scott-Heron was born in Chicago, Illinois. His mother, Bobbie Scott, was an opera singer who performed with the New York Oratorio Society. Scott-Heron's father, Gil Heron, nicknamed 'The Black Arrow', was a Jamaican soccer player in the 1950s who became the first black man to play for Celtic Football Club in Glasgow. The best album by Gil Scott-Heron is Pieces Of A Man which is ranked number 2,154 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score. Gil Scott-Heron is ranked number 946 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 1,997. That same year, Gil released an album of poetry and music, entitled 'The Mind Of Gil Scott Heron' for Arista Records. By the turn of the decade, Nile Rogers (from the group Chic) had been recruited on production chores.