Rufus Payne
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Most Influential Person
American musician
Why Is Rufus Payne Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Rufus "Tee Tot" Payne was an early-20th-century African-American blues musician from Greenville, Alabama, who was more widely known by his nickname Tee Tot. Payne's nickname of "Tee Tot" is an ironic pun for "teetotaler". It is said that Payne received his nickname because he usually carried a homemade mixture of alcohol and tea wherever he went.
