Deen Too Tight
Posted by brotherdash on Aug 12, 2010 in Featured, Social Commentary, The Arts & Islam | 0 comments
Deen “Too” Tight Culture Identity and Power at a NJ Film Screening Introduction On Saturday, August 7th 2010 I attended what was to be a screening of the film documentary DeenTight by filmmaker Mustafa Davis. Both Mustafa and Usama Canon, Director of the community based organization Ta’leef Collective who is also interviewed in the film, flew in...
Read MoreMessage To A Muslim Artist: The 5 W’s+1
Posted by brotherdash on Aug 11, 2010 in Featured, Social Commentary, The Arts & Islam | 9 comments
Message to a Muslim Artist: The Five W’s +1 by Brother Dash Singer. Poet. Rapper. Dancer. Sculptor. Photographer. Painter. Cartoonist. Comedian. Writer. Artist. Entertainer. Muslim. Black. Arab. Pakistani. Latina. Revolutionary. Pacifist. Feminist. Human. We all have descriptors. We label who we are, what we do, where we are from and what we...
Read MoreFirst spoken word track with music!
Posted by brotherdash on Jul 17, 2010 in Featured, The Arts & Islam | 0 comments
Here is the full version of Spoken Soul the title track to my latest album. Scroll down for the lyrics. This poem features a smooth jazz kind of music bed and deals with self-affirmation and self-improvement. Enjoy. Spoken Soul ©Brother Dash 2009 ℗Dasham K. Brookins 2008 In the forest of confusion He sifts through realties and illusions A...
Read MoreHey Artist Dude!: It’s Okay To Have a Day Job…Really
Posted by brotherdash on Mar 2, 2010 in Social Commentary, The Arts & Islam | 1 comment
So You Want Fame? The camera pans from right to left across well worn wooden floors. Slowly. Painfully slow. Like television replays. The camera angle is so low and so close that you can almost smell the dancers’ rosin dust as the specks bounce off your screen. Specks that are visible only when the setting city sun rays streak from the half open window....
Read MoreHijabi Hip-Hop
Posted by brotherdash on Nov 11, 2009 in The Arts & Islam | 5 comments
The ChaiPod has a conversation with Muslim rapper Miss Undastood one of only a handful of Hijab wearing rappers. Miss Undastood discusses the triumphs and challenges of being a scarf wearing, Muslim female rapper. She discusses the unique issues facing Muslim female performers and the subject matter in her lyrics. Never one to mince words this native New Yorker...
Read MoreMusic And Islam: Wind, Strings And Fear of A Black Planet
Posted by brotherdash on Aug 2, 2009 in Social Commentary, The Arts & Islam | 22 comments
Music and Islam: Wind, Strings and Fear of A Black Planet Download pdf version here One of the most controversial and argument provoking issues amongst Muslims today is the issue of Music and Islam. Muslims living in historically Non-Muslim societies, such as the United States, Canada and England, are identifying more and more with their unique cultural...
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