Black & White

by Rain Pryor

With Black & White by Rain Pryor, David Drozen brings the Pryor legacy full circle. In 1970, Drozen produced the first of 12 Richard Pryor albums for LAFF Records, and now he has produced the first Rain Pryor album for his company Uproar.

Rain is truly a comedic talent in her own right. Like her father, her material comes from her life - her life as a black Jewish woman raised in Beverly Hills. She tells stories, does characters, and talks about sex, dating, kids, racism, jobs, and, of course, her father. In her own words, "Maybe I am a new generation of Richard Pryor and part of his style, but I'm female - minus the penis!"

Rain is a multitalented woman. In addition to being a stand-up comedian headlining across the country, she is a director, a producer, a writer, an actor, an activist, a dynamic speaker, and a mother. Her TV debut was in a recurring role on the ABC hit series Head of the Class. She starred on the Showtime series Rude Awakening and has appeared many times on Johnny Carson, Jay Leno, and Craig Ferguson. As well as stage credits for playing the roles of Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald, she has performed her award-winning solo show Fried Chicken and Latkes, which she created and wrote, including original music and lyrics, across the country to critical acclaim. Rain Pryor inherited her father's comedic genius and is making it her own. The Pryor legend continues....

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Published March 21, 2016

About the author

Pryor was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Shelley R. Bonis and American comedian Richard Pryor. Rain Pryor's mother was a Jewish go-go dancer and Rain was largely raised with her Jewish maternal grandparents, who taught her about Jewish culture.Her mother was urged by her family to put Rain up for adoption, rather than deal with bringing up a child "in a world that wasn't ready for biracial children." Rain was rejected by the African Americans and the Jewish Americans in her life, thus creating a unique voice in her award-winning solo show Fried Chicken and Latkes that explores racism in the late 1960s and early '70s. In regard to her background, Pryor has joked that while growing up she felt "proud, but guilty about it."
Pryor graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1987.