Muslim Hip-Hop can flourish AND be a leader in Hip-Hop itself by “changing the game”. And changing the game doesn’t mean simply good intentions and good lyrics (that’s an important beginning of course). It means you change the game by taking the principles of Islam that are ALREADY PRESENT ANYWAY for our daily lives and apply them to your art form.

As Muslims in The Arts why do we need to contribute to Entertainment? There’s not enough entertainment out there already? We don’t have choices? We need “alternatives” to mainstream entertainment? If I want Kanye or Nas or Jay-Z then I will watch them not Muslim amateurs imitating their style and behavior on stage.

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The air above the horizon tremors
As the warmth of our hearts rise above the raging waters of turmoil
And chaos humanity breeds
We be the lighthouses with spiritual beacons standing stoic never changed by the
Spray of salty voices that clap against our bedrock foundation.
We sing sweet soft somethings so succulent some suckle several sips
We cradle the young we sit silent before the veteran and
We open the curtains for sun rays to destroy the darkness and we pull
wool blankets over the bodily flaws of our companions shielding them from sight.
We be the torchbearers …