Rudy Ray Moore, the star of classic blaxploitation flick Dolemite and hero to an entire generation of aspiring badasses, has died at the age of 81. He was the consummate big pimpin, shit-talking superman in his day. But as white newspaper USA Today succinctly puts it, "His stage personality featured blunt sex routines but unlike contemporaries Redd Foxx and Richard Pryor, he never crossed over to the white audience mainstream." His voice will live on as samples on hundreds of rap albums. The Dolemite trailer is after the jump; do your lady right tonight in his honor: