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Kool Moe Dee
Actor, Director, Producer, WriterBorn August 8, 1963 (62 years)
Mohandas Dewese (born August 8, 1962), better known by his stage name Kool Moe Dee, is an American rapper, songwriter and actor. Considered one of the forerunners of the new jack swing sound in hip hop, he gained fame in the 1980s as a member of one of the pioneering groups in hip hop music, the Treacherous Three, and for his later solo career. During his career he released a total of seven studio albums (five of them solo), with 1994's Interlude being the last to date.
His fast and aggressive rap style influenced following rap figures such as Big Daddy Kane, Beastie Boys, KRS-One, Rakim, Will Smith, N.W.A, Tupac Shakur, Nas, Jay-Z, among others. Among his most famous songs are "Go See the Doctor", "Wild Wild West" and "How Ya Like Me Now".
Kool Moe Dee was ranked No. 33 on About.com's list of the 50 Greatest MCs of Our Time (1987–2007).
His fast and aggressive rap style influenced following rap figures such as Big Daddy Kane, Beastie Boys, KRS-One, Rakim, Will Smith, N.W.A, Tupac Shakur, Nas, Jay-Z, among others. Among his most famous songs are "Go See the Doctor", "Wild Wild West" and "How Ya Like Me Now".
Kool Moe Dee was ranked No. 33 on About.com's list of the 50 Greatest MCs of Our Time (1987–2007).
Kool Moe Dee Filmography
| 2012 | Family Time (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2005 | Everybody Hates Chris (TV Series) · as Old School Teacher |
| 2002 | The New Guy · as Ted |
| 2002 | Crossroads · as Bar Owner |
| 2001 | Totally Spies! (TV Series) · as Reggie Willis |
| 2001 | Out Kold · as Blackie |
| 2000 | Brother · as Jack |
| 2000 | My Wife and Kids (TV Series) · as Kool Mo Dee |
| 2000 | |
| 1999 | Cypress Edge · as Agent Armstrong |
| 1998 | Storm Trooper · as Driver |
| 1997 | Gang Related · as Lionel Hudd |
| 1997 | City Guys (TV Series) |
| 1996 | Nash Bridges (TV Series) · as Masta Blasta |
| 1995 | Panther · as Jamal |
| 1993 | Strapped · as Chaz |
| 1989 | Wreckx-N-Effect: New Jack Swing · as Cast |
| 1984 | Beat Street · as The Treacherous Three |
| 2024 | Luther: Never Too Much · as Self |
| 2022 | The 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | MTV 90s - Top 50 90s Hip Hop & R'N'B! · as Self |
| 2018 | Quincy · as Self |
| 2016 | Hip-Hop Evolution (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | 2015 MTV Video Music Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Support |
| 2013 | |
| 2012 | |
| 2008 | |
| 2007 | 4th Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors · as Self |
| 2005 | Letter to the President · as Self - Recording Artist |
| 2005 | The Art of 16 Bars: Get Ya' Bars Up · as Self |
| 2005 | There's a God on the Mic · as Self |
| 2004 | And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Beef II · as Self - Recording Artist |
| 2003 | Beef · as Self - Hip Hop Artist |
| 2000 | Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme · as Self |
| 1999 | The Will Smith Music Video Collection · as Self (segment "wild Wild West") |
| 1999 | It's a Whole New West: The Making of 'Wild, Wild West' · as Self (as Kool Mo Dee) |
| 1999 | 1999 MTV Movie Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 1994 | WGN Morning News (TV Series) · as Self - Performer |
| 1992 | HBO First Look (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | |
| 1990 | Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones · as Self |
| 1990 | Kid 'n Play (TV Series) · as Self (live Action) |
| 1990 | Parker Lewis Can't Lose (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1990 | Rapmania: The Roots of Rap · as Self |
| 1989 | The Arsenio Hall Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1989 | Overcoming Self-Destruction · as Self |
| 1988 | Yo! MTV Raps (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | The 2nd Annual Soul Train Music Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 1987 | Showtime at the Apollo (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1984 | MTV Video Music Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1984 | Graffiti Rock (TV Series) · as Himself |
| 1984 | Graffiti Rock · as Self |
| 1982 | Wild Style · as Self |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1971 | Soul Train (TV Series) · as Self |