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* BadBoss: Clarence Avant, the president of Sussex Records (the label that originally released the two albums). He engaged in legal shenanigans with publishing rights when he first signed Rodriguez, unceremoniously dumped him from the label shortly after ''Coming from Reality'' was released, then in one of the film's most memorable scenes, angrily denied knowledge of Rodriguez's South African success and any royalty money resulting from it.
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* BadBoss: Clarence Avant, the president of Sussex Records (the label that originally released the two albums). He engaged in legal shenanigans with publishing rights when he first signed Rodriguez, unceremoniously dumped him from the label shortly after ''Coming from Reality'' was released, then in one of the film's most memorable scenes, angrily denied knowledge of Rodriguez's South African success and any royalty money resulting from it.[[note]]Oddly, Avant and Rodriguez died five days apart from one another in August 2023.[[/note]]
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However, the two albums he recorded went nowhere, Rodriguez's contract was dropped, and it seemed his career was over. Unbeknownst to him, [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff his albums became underground mega-hits]] on equal foot with Music/BobDylan and Music/ElvisPresley in UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica, where his soulful songs struck a powerful chord there during UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra.
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However, the two albums he recorded went nowhere, Rodriguez's contract was dropped, and it seemed his career was over. Unbeknownst to him, in UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica, [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff his albums became underground mega-hits]] on equal foot footing with Music/BobDylan and Music/ElvisPresley in UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica, Music/ElvisPresley, where his soulful songs struck a powerful chord there during UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra.
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However, the two albums he recorded went nowhere, Rodriguez's contract was dropped, and it seemed his career was over. Unbeknownst to him, his albums became underground mega-hits on equal foot with Music/BobDylan and Music/ElvisPresley in UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica, where his soulful songs struck a powerful chord there during UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra.
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However, the two albums he recorded went nowhere, Rodriguez's contract was dropped, and it seemed his career was over. Unbeknownst to him, [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff his albums became underground mega-hits mega-hits]] on equal foot with Music/BobDylan and Music/ElvisPresley in UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica, where his soulful songs struck a powerful chord there during UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra.
