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American musician
Ali performing in 2015
Abdu Ali is an American multidisciplinary musician, community activist, poet and artist based in
Baltimore .
[1]
[2] In 2019, Baltimore City Major
Jack Young 's Office and the LGBTQ Commission honored Ali with the Artist of the Year Award.
[3] They released their first album FIYAH!! in 2019.
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Musical style
Their musical style has been described as fervent
jazz with a futuristic
punk rap poetry while also weaving
noise punk to
avant-garde rap .
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[7] Their work is inspired by Baltimore Club legend and black queer icon Miss Tony.
[7] Ali's lyrics and poetry are influenced by
Langston Hughes ,
Zora Neale Hurston ,
Wallace Thurmon , and
Richard Nugent .
[8] The
FADER described their single "Chastity" as "an unconventional, and daring call for self-love and acceptance".
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Projects
Ali has been involved in various projects including Kahlon,
[10]
[5] an experimental music and art event in Baltimore that hosted notable acts including
Juliana Huxtable ,
Princess Nokia and others that lasted from 2014 to 2017.
[1] In 2017 they created drumBOOTY, a podcast for black creativity and social dialogue.
[7] They are also the founder of As They Lay, which Ali states as a "creative protect-based organism" that brings black artists together for events, programs and dialogues.
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Personal life
Ali identifies as
non-binary
[11]
[12]
[13] and uses they/them pronouns.
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Discography
Studio albums
Guest appearances
References
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c Cooper, Wilbert L. (November 20, 2019).
"Abdu Ali is creating space for radical black artists" . i-D . Retrieved June 18, 2020 .
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"Abdu Ali: The Freedom Fighter" . Cultured Magazine . July 24, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2020 .
^ Rao, Sameer (June 13, 2019).
"Mining Baltimore's past and present, Abdu Ali releases album of "Fiyah!!!" " . The Baltimore Sun . Retrieved June 18, 2020 .
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"ABDU ALI PUSHES US FORWARD WITH NEW ALBUM, FIYAH!!" . AFROPUNK . April 19, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2020 .
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"The Quietus | Reviews | Abdu Ali" . The Quietus . Retrieved June 18, 2020 .
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"Black Musicians Write the Soundtrack of the City" . Baltimore magazine . June 2, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2020 .
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"The Experimental Savvy Of Baltimore's New Underground Music Scene" . Bandcamp Daily . March 9, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2020 .
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"Abdu Ali, a Musician with Restless Charisma, Shares Their Camera Roll" . Interview . April 1, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2020 .
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"Baltimore's Abdu Ali dares to be free on the post-futuristic "Chastity" " . The FADER . Retrieved June 18, 2020 .
^ Callahan, Maura (February 2017).
"Kahlon's Cut Up Series returns with audio-visual exhibition" . The Baltimore Sun . Retrieved June 18, 2020 .
^ June 2019, Lydia Woolever | (May 14, 2019).
"Allow Abdu Ali to Reintroduce Themself" . Baltimore Magazine . Retrieved April 25, 2023 . {{
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"Baltimore Legend Abdu Ali Is Ready To Make Their Formal Debut" . BESE . August 20, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2023 .
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"JPEGMAFIA, Abdu Ali and Gender Nonconformity in Hip-Hop" . WKNC 88.1 FM . August 31, 2020. Retrieved April 25, 2023 .
^ Burney, Lawrence (February 17, 2023).
"Abdu Ali sees beyond music and Baltimore with national arts grant" . The Baltimore Banner . Retrieved April 25, 2023 .
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