Jasiri x biography of martin luther

  • – Hip-hop artist and community activist Jasiri X, who uses his music to speak out on issues ranging from Trayvon Martin's death to Tea Party politics, will.
  • Jasiri X, 32, will give a presentation, performance and discussion Tuesday at the University of Puget as part of the school's Martin Luther King Jr. events.
  • Highly acclaimed hip hop artist and community activist Jasiri X will deliver the keynote address during Washington State University's Martin Luther King.

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    It feels like prison on a tier at the check point /
I’d rather be anywhere but here at this checkpoint /
Nelson Mandela wasn’t blind to the kontroll point /
He stood for free Palestine not a check point
/ Support BDS don’t give a dime to the checkpoint / If Martin Luther King had a dream of the checkpoint
/ He wake with loud screams from the scenes at the checkpoint /
It’s Malcolm X by any means at the kontroll point
/ Imagine if you daily routine was the checkpoint

    Rapper Jasiri X wrote these lyrics days after he returned from traveling to Palestine in January 2014. A friend had invited him to be part of a delegation of black artists and musicians through the Carter Center.

    “I wasn’t prepared mentally for what inom saw there,” Jasiri X shares. “I wanted to leave. I had enough. inom can’t imagine living there.”

    Jasiri X says at the time he had not thought about writing a song about the experience. But his friend who invited him on the trip joked, “You’ll pro

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    Jasiri X, Hip-hop Artist and Activist, to Speak at Martin Luther King Jr. Day Event

    TACOMA, Wash. – Hip-hop artist and community activist Jasiri X, who uses his music to speak out on issues ranging from Trayvon Martin’s death to Tea Party politics, will speak at the 30th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at the University of Puget Sound.

    Everyone is welcome to the free event honoring Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and passions, America’s Nobel Prize-winning 1960s civil rights leader. Jasiri X’s keynote talk, plus messages from the community and live music, will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016, at 7 p.m., in Schneebeck Concert Hall on campus. The doors will open at 6:30 p.m. No tickets are required.

    Following a year in which injustice and racism have headlined the news, reviving impassioned discussions around the dinner table and anxiety on Capitol Hill, the organizers expect an inspirational evening of talk and music.

    Puget Sound President Ronald R. Thomas will

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    Q. Your lyr­ics are full of fac­tu­al­ity. Where do you get your know­ledge? Was there a par­tic­u­lar per­son in your life, event or book that inspired you to read and edu­cate your­self fur­ther on these truths?

    My moth­er first and fore­most because she named me Jasiri, which is Swahili and means brave war­ri­or. She raised me in a con­scious house­hold and encour­aged me to read at a very young age. Today I’ve been blessed to be ment­ored by the Hon­or­able Min­is­ter Louis Far­rakhan and Harry Bela­fonte. Both are incred­ible artists that are known more thought the world for their act­iv­ism. I’m try­ing hard to fol­low in their footsteps

    Q. Your music and videos have spread aware­ness and spoken for the injustices that are occur­ring today. ‘Justice For Trayvon’ became a track that spoke out for a lot of people that were fight­ing for justice for Trayvon Mar­tin, and to date the video has opened up debates around race in Amer­ica today. What were your thoughts after he

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