Gene ‘Groove’ Allen
Useless at 63 …
‘What’s Love Bought To Do With It?’, ‘Home Occasion’ Actor
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Gene Allen — a rapper and actor who appeared in a number of well-known flicks within the Nineteen Nineties together with “House Party” and “What’s Love Got to Do with It?” — has died … TMZ has discovered.
One in all Gene’s members of the family tells TMZ … Gene, identified by his nickname “Groove,” handed away all of a sudden Wednesday at his house.
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We’re informed Groove’s passing got here as an entire shock to the household … although we’re informed no foul play is suspected.
Allen — a pioneer in hip hop — rose to prominence as a member of the trio “Groove B. Chill” together with Daryl Mitchell and Eric B. The group appeared within the 1990 film “House Party” and it is sequel alongside Christopher Reid, Robin Harris and a younger Martin Lawrence.
In 1993, he had a quick cameo as a membership announcer within the Tina Turner biopic “What’s Love Got to Do with It?”
Just lately, Gene had taken to carry out for good causes … elevating cash for army personnel and a girls’s shelter.
Allen was 63.
RIP
