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Biography
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Khalis Bayyan
Real name: Ronald Nathan Bell
American singer, songwriter, arranger, keyboards player and saxophonist, born 1 November 1951, Youngstown, Ohio, USA. Died 9 September 2020, Virgin Islands, USA.Name given to Ronald Bell of Kool & The Gang by Imam Wallace D. Mohammed of the Nation of Islam in 1972 to replace his 'slave name'. He was also known for a time as Ronald Five X and Captain.