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Mo' Better Blues is a 1990 American musical comedy-drama film starring Denzel Washington, Wesley Snipes, and Spike Lee, who also wrote, produced, and directed. [1] It follows a period in the life of fictional jazz trumpeter Bleek Gilliam (played by Washington) as a series of bad decisions result in his jeopardizing both his relationships and his playing career.
Friedrich Bleek (1793-1859), German biblical scholar; Karl Theodor Bleek (1898-1969), German politician; Wilhelm Bleek (1827-1875), German linguist; Memphis Bleek or Bleek, stage name of New York rapper Malik Cox (born 1978) Bleek Gilliam, main character of the 1990 film Mo' Better Blues, played by Denzel Washington
Also that year Washington starred as Bleek Gilliam in the Spike Lee film Mo' Better Blues. Charles Murray of Empire praised Washington's performance as a "taut portrayal of the driven musician" and "like all Lee’s film, Mo’ Better Blues is a real ensemble piece, and the standard of the performances is uniformly excellent: but Washington ...
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Clifford Smith, Jr. [3] (born March 2, 1971), [4] better known by his stage name Method Man, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor.He is a member of the East Coast hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan, and is half of the hip hop duo Method Man & Redman.
Terrence Vance Gilliam (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ l i ə m / GIL-ee-əm; born 22 November 1940) [2] [3] is an American-British filmmaker, comedian, collage animator, [4] and actor. He gained stardom as a member of the Monty Python comedy troupe alongside John Cleese , Eric Idle , Michael Palin , Terry Jones , and Graham Chapman .
Michael Kenneth Williams (November 22, 1966 – September 6, 2021) was an American actor. He rose to fame for his acclaimed portrayals of Omar Little on the HBO drama series The Wire (2002–2008) and Albert "Chalky" White on the HBO series Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014).
Joi Elaine Gilliam (born January 25, 1971), known mononymously as Joi, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer associated with the Dungeon Family collective based in Atlanta, Georgia, and as such often performs with OutKast, Organized Noize, and Goodie Mob (her ex-husband, Big Gipp, is a member of the latter group).