Werent those glasses called Porsches? I remember in every issue of Word Up magazine they always had a pin up of him with those goofy ass glasses on. No matter how much you clown the cat now, he is nearly responsible for the "lyrical MC" style when he beat Busy Bee (party MC) in the most classic hip hop battle back in the day. That fool was a member of the Treacherous Three, fuckin pioneers in hip hop. Plus he was the first rapper to perform on the Grammys. He also was the one who introduced the world to a 17 year old named Teddy Riely who produced his tracks. Teddy Riely in turn, introduced the world to Pharell and Chad Hugo of the Neptunes when they were only teenagers.
So in essence, without Kool Moe Dee, most of todays hip hop music soundscape would not exist. As Kool Moe Dee would say, "How ya like me now?"
Oh yeah, he also co-created the Stop The Violence movement with KRS-One back in the day..."Self destruction, youre headed for self destruction"