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Boonaa Mohammed
Dubbed the “voice of a generation,” Boonaa Mohammed is a critically acclaimed award winning writer and performer with accolades including a playwright residency at Theatre Passe Muraille, a short story published in a Penguin Canada anthology called “Piece by Piece” and various slam poetry titles credits including winner of the 2007 CBC Poetry Face-Off “Best New Artist” award.
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Islam’s Rock Star Sami Yusuf Releases New Single
Named by Time Magazine as, Islam’s Rock star Sami Yusuf has released his latest single The Source. This single continues on the legacy of Sami’s Hit songs such as Allahu from his first Album Al-Muallim.
A Tribe Called Quest: The Rise And Fall Of A Legend
Turning a handful of people into one really good, productive band is so complicated it’s almost a miracle when it happens. For a group of musicians to cohere, almost everything needs to balance out: ego, work ethic, knowledge, health, experience.
Pioneering hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest hit that balance in a spectacular way. In the span of four years, starting in 1990, the group released three albums widely acknowledged by hip-hop fans to be among the best ever: People’s Instinctive Travels and The Paths of Rhythm, The Low End Theory and Midnight Marauders.
Read MoreTLC Orders ‘All-American Muslim’ Series
The cable channel best known for controversial hits "Jon & Kate Plus 8" and "Sister Wives" will turn its focus to a Muslim-American community in Michigan.
TLC is attempting to take a deep dive into Muslin-American culture with its new series, All-American Muslim. The series, set to premiere in November, is designed to bring viewers inside a Dearborn, Michigan community with the largest mosque in the United States. The cameras will chronicle the everyday lives of five appropriately diverse Muslim families, focusing on their customs, celebrations, conflicts and misconceptions.
Read MoreHow Islam shaped one rap artist
Philadelphia (CNN) — It’s noon on a Friday, and the parking lot at Al-Aqsa Islamic Society in North Philadelphia is quickly filling up. One of Philadelphia’s best-known rap artists, Freeway, jumps out of a black sport utility vehicle and dashes through the pouring rain to the prayer hall inside.
Islam has been a part of his life since he was a teenager. Yet it wasn’t until adulthood that his faith changed who he was an artist.
“My faith means everything to me; it’s the thing that keeps me going every day,” the father of two said. “It’s my core, it’s my soul.”
Read MoreTouring Muslim Artists Come to Queen City
The Poetic Vision Tour is stopping in Cincinnati for a concert and display of local art Sunday March 6, 2011 from 3:00-5:00 p.m.
It will take place at the Cincinnati Cultural Arts Center at 3711 Clifton Ave.
This show includes the legendary artist Dawud Wharnsby Ali, who has impacted the lives of thousands of people in the last 20 years." The show is being hosted by the Cincinnati Cultural Arts Center and is co-sponsored by the Islamic Association of Cincinnati, the Institute of Youth Development, and the Muslim Student Association at the University of Cincinnati.
Read MoreMike Tyson pilgrimage as life changing experience
Mike Tyson, the once undisputed boxing heavyweight champion of the world, converted to Islam while in prison in the 90′s. But he continued to be troubled by alcohol and drug abuse, violence and sexual promiscuity after his release from prison. He also filed for bankruptcy in 2003 after losing his estimated wealth of $400 Million to frivolous purchases, legal costs, and financial mismanagement.
His recent pilgrimage trip to Muslim holy city of Mecca, however, could be a spiritual journey and a life changing experience for him.
Read MorePunk meets Islam for new generation in U.S.
The guitarist stands in front of a mirror messing with his mohawk. The drummer strikes a wild tempo. The singer rips off his T-shirt and begins to scream the lyrics. They’re young. They’re punk. And they’re rocking both their Muslim and American worlds with their music, lyrics and style.
"A lot of times people say, ‘Oh wow, look, brown people playing music’ [but] it’s more than that," said 25-year-old Pakistani-American Shahjehan Khan, the lead singer for a Muslim punk band, The Kominas. The Boston-based band is one of a handful of Muslim punk bands that emerged in the United States in the past few years.
Read MoreMuslim Entertainment: An Insiders Perspective
I started to become serious about Arts and Culture just after I turned 16. I got bit by the acting bug in high school and changed my career goal from being a lawyer. Not a huge stretch. I quickly became known in high school as “the actor”. I decided to go to New York University to major in theatre. I auditioned and got accepted into their highly competitive Tisch School of the Arts. But I couldn’t afford 20G’s a year. Anyway I also auditioned for and was accepted into Rutgers University’s school of the Arts program, Mason Gross. Based on my academic record I qualified for a scholarship from Rutgers which served me quite well as eventually I left off acting (my degree is in English and Sociology).
There are only a few accomplishments I have done in life that I actually take pride in (Pride can be a negative trait as well) but my scholarship to Rutgers is one of them. But this isn’t an autobiography of Brother Dash. My point is to show that I’ve been involved in The Arts over ½ my life which is longer than I’ve even been Muslim.
Read MoreNever Forget by Napoleon Outlaw – Tribute to Tupac Shakur
This Music Video was released in 2006 featuring established & upcoming artists affiliated with the Hip Hop Industry.