Nipsey Russell said he never intended to be a poet, but his witty poems were part of millions of Americans’ afternoons during the 1970s. While he played the Tin Man alongside Diana Ross and Michael ...

Looking for a sure way to get a laugh? Go online and search two words: Nipsey Russell. Born in Atlanta, Russell began performing at the age of six. He got his start as a comedian after World War II ...

Nipsey Russell, who died Sunday at 81, was a pioneering black comedian who was successful enough to became ubiquitous as a guest on game shows, among other venues, setting him up as the kind of ...

We remember entertainer Nipsey Russell, who died Sunday at age 80 of cancer. The stand-up comic was a familiar face on variety, talk and game shows for many years, and starred as the Tin Man in the ...

With the passing of Nipsey Russell, the jolly fellow who played the Tin Man in The Wiz, we may be reaching the end of an era. He was 80 when he succumbed to cancer in a hospital in New York early last ...

During Nipsey Hussle's public memorial service on Thursday, Minister Louis Farrakhan referred to the rapper as "Nipsey Russell." Some might have considered this a disrespectful slip-up -- but for ...

Her grandmother fueled her love for comedy by supplying her with VHS tapes of legends like Flip Wilson, Nipsey Russell, and Richard Pryor. Even as a baby, Haddish had a knack for making people laugh, ...