It has been announced via Blowfly’s Facebook fan page that the infamously freaky “dirty rapper” and singer of politically incorrect X-rated R&B parody songs such as “Shittin’ on the Dock of the Bay” and “It’s a Faggot’s World” has been diagnosed with terminal liver cancer.

Clarence Reid, a successful R&B songwriter in his own right, has performed as his alter-ego “Blowfly” since the early ‘70s, releasing over two dozen albums in his 40+ year career. Dangerous Minds’ own Richard Metzger described Blowfly’s funky appearance as a “low-budget combination of a Mexican wrestler, Sun Ra and ‘Dumb Donald.’”

Blowfly, along with fellow contemporary Rudy Ray “Dolemite” Moore, is often credited as a progenitors of rap.

According to the Facebook announcement, Reid has entered hospice care with multiple organ failure. From that update:

Please know that Clarence is being made comfortable and that his sister Virginia has stood tall for him, and taken care of her brother as best as humanly possible. Please say a prayer for her and for Clarence Reid, the Maestro of the Miami Sound who loved being Blowfly - the King of the Freaks.

Cards and letters may be sent to Reid via:  Florida Medical Center ATTN: Patient Clarence Reid Room 355, 5000 Oakland Park Boulevard, Lauderdale Lakes, Florida 33133.

Blowfly’s recently completed album, 77 Rusty Trombones is expected to be released in February.
 
That dirty motherfucker Blowfly, doing his thing live after the jump…