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===Later career=== In 1990, Moore appeared on [[Big Daddy Kane]]'s album ''[[Taste of Chocolate]]''<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1990/11/23/taste-chocolate/|title=''Taste of Chocolate''|last=Mack|first=Bob|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=November 23, 1990|accessdate=January 23, 2023}}</ref> and [[Eric B. & Rakim]]'s music video for "In The Ghetto".<ref name=time>{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/5711219/dolemite-is-my-name-rudy-ray-moore-legacy/|title=Rappers Reflect on the Enduring Hip-Hop Legacy of Dolemite Comedian Rudy Ray Moore|last=Chow|first=Andrew R.|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=October 25, 2019|accessdate=January 24, 2023}}</ref> Four years later, he appeared on [[Method Man]]'s album ''[[Tical (album)|Tical]]''<ref name=time/> and [[2 Live Crew]]'s album ''[[Back at Your Ass for the Nine-4]]''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide|last=Hess|first=Mickey|publisher=[[Greenwood Press]]|year=2010|isbn=978-0-313-34325-4|page=viii}}</ref> 2 Live Crew attributed their use of obscenity-laden lyrics to Moore's act.<ref name=time/> After appearing on a 1995 episode of ''[[Martin (TV series)|Martin]]'' titled "The Players Came Home",<ref>{{Cite web|title=Martin {{!}} TV Guide|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/martin/episode-18-season-3/all-the-players-came/202949|access-date=2020-09-05|website=TVGuide.com|language=en}}</ref> he reprised the Dolemite character for the intro of [[Busta Rhymes]]' album ''[[When Disaster Strikes...]]''<ref>{{cite book|url={{Google books |plainurl=yes |id=BHvp8mcJfAoC |page=55 }}|title=Billboard|date=2009-06-06|access-date=2014-06-29}}</ref> Snoop Dogg's 1999 album ''[[No Limit Top Dogg]]'', and [[Ol' Dirty Bastard]]βs 1999 music video "[[Got Your Money]]β, in which the rapper was digitally inserted into scenes of ''Dolemite''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/rudy-ray-moore-rip-1798215083|title=Rudy Ray Moore RIP|last=Rabin|first=Nathan|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=October 20, 2008|accessdate=January 24, 2023}}</ref> He again reprised Dolemite in the 2000 film ''[[Big Money Hustlas]]'', a film created by and starring the rap-rock group [[Insane Clown Posse]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/big-money-hustlas-1798194767|title=''Big Money Hustlas''|last=Rabin|first=Nathan|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=March 29, 2002|accessdate=January 24, 2023}}</ref> In 2001, Moore was a featured guest in the intro of [[Busta Rhymes]]' album ''[[Genesis (Busta Rhymes album)|Genesis]]''.<ref name=time/> Five years later, Moore voice-acted in the show ''[[Sons of Butcher (TV series)|Sons of Butcher]]'', as Rudy, and Joseph in season 2.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.swtimes.com/story/entertainment/2019/10/24/eddie-murphy-s-new-film/2455903007/|title=Eddie Murphy's new film focuses on Fort Smith native|last=Smith|first=Scott|work=[[Southwest Times Record]]|date=October 24, 2019|accessdate=January 24, 2023}}</ref> Moore reprised the character [[Petey Wheatstraw (film)|Petey Wheatstraw]] on the 2008 song "I Live for the Funk", which featured [[Blowfly (musician)|Blowfly]] and Daniel Jordan. It marked the first time Blowfly and Moore collaborated on the same record together, as well as the 30-year anniversary of the movie ''Petey Wheatstraw''; it was also the final recording Moore made before his death.<ref name="I Live 4 The Funk - Analog Medium">{{Cite web |url=http://blog.analogmedium.com/2008/04/i-live-4-funk-by-daniel-jordan.html |title=I Live 4 The Funk β Analog Medium |access-date=October 22, 2008 |archive-date=October 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009025158/http://blog.analogmedium.com/2008/04/i-live-4-funk-by-daniel-jordan.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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