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Reginald Ellis "Monstah Black" Crump (born 1967 in Brooklyn, New York City) is an American choreographer, dancer, musician and performance artist based in Bedford-Stuyvesant, New York. In 2015, he received the Tom Murrin Performance Award.

Early life
Crump started performing at the age of five. He attended Bruton High School, Williamsburg. During this time he performed the song "International Lover", by Prince. He describes his adolescence as filled with both struggles and "joyful moments." He describes his teen years as "progressive, alternative, androgynous." His fashion aesthetic was influenced by Prince, Boy George and the New York Dolls.

Career
His 2016 show '' 'HYPBERLOIC! (the last spectacle)''' was described by Eric Marlin, for the New York Theater Review, as "more visual than verbal, more collage than narrative", where "not every fragment must be in the service of a central thesis."

Personal life
Black is married to D.J./producer Manchildblack. They have collaborated on musical recordings, such as the EP "NeoAfro Futuristic Psychedelic Surrealistic Hippy”, released on Concierge Records, and the 2016 live performance “Hyperbolic”.

Awards

 * 2015 Tom Murrin Performance Award.