Grand Puba

He became a member of the group again in 1998. He has called Scientology the "gateway to eternity" and "the path to happiness and total spiritual freedom.". After their innovative and versatole debut album One For All (1990) - covering areas from reggae-influenced rap to new jack swing - Puba left the group and embarked on a solo career. Hayes is also an outspoken Scientologist, frequently identified by Scientology as a success story and great example of the positive effects that Scientology can bring. Their album Dynamite (1988) was hailed by the critics, but probably due to lack of sales the group soon disbanded, and Puba emerged as the lead rapper of a new crew called Brand Nubian. Hayes was inducted into the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. He debuted with the group Masters of Ceremony in 1998. I Love You)", received some international radio airplay in 1999 and subsequently appeared on the album Chef Aid: The South Park Album in 2002.

Maxwell Dixon, better known as Grand Puba (born March 4, 1966) is a rapper from New York. A song from the series performed by Chef, "Chocolate Salty Balls (P.S. 2001 Understand This. By the late 1990s, he was best known as the voice of Chef on South Park. 1995 2000. He appeared as The Duke of New York, the villain in the movie Escape from New York (1981), and as "Hammer" in I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988). 1992 Reel to Reel. In the 1980s he had appeared in some TV shows, including The Rockford Files.

In spite of moderate success as a singer, Hayes' records did not sell very well. The late 1970s saw a major comeback for Hayes, following the release of A Man and a Woman (1977, with Dionne Warwick). A series of unsuccessful albums led to Hayes' bankruptcy in 1976. By 1975, Hayes left Stax Records and formed his own label called Hot Buttered Soul Records.

Black Moses (1971) became almost as successful. Hayes' biggest hit was 1971's soundtrack to Shaft (the title track won an Oscar), the title track of which clearly presaged disco. Hot Buttered Soul (1969) was a breakthrough success, and established his image (gold jewelry, sunglasses, etc) which eventually became a template for much of the fashion of gangsta rap and similar trends in the 1980s and 90s. After a period of activity with Stax Records, Hayes released Presenting Isaac Hayes, a moderate success recorded immediately following a wild party.

He began his recording career in 1962, soon playing saxophone for The Mar-Keys. Isaac Hayes (born August 20, 1942) is an influential soul singer.