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I'm not about trying to get and get and get. I feel good when I get, but I kind of feel better when I give.

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The poetry I grew up on is really an intense form of poetry; it's so pure and powerful.

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The problem is that rap is so often a caricature of its own image. Nobody comes to the table with the seriousness of the effect that it can have; nobody is prepared for that.

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I have moments of darkness, of anger, and moments of rage. They do creep up at the most inopportune times. Not to recognize that in my music would give people a sense of sainthood that I don't necessarily have or even want to have.

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The people of Somalia just do not have a voice. They are to me the most forgotten people in the world.

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You want to reach people, but you also want to reach them in the most authentic way. You now have a mass market and an audience that's listening, but they're in love with a song that means absolutely nothing to you.

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I'm writing from a place of - a center of authenticity, somewhere that only I know how to write from.

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I faced quite a few challenging times, and in front of those, I was more positive than some people not facing those conditions. I'm actually of the belief now that it is that struggle that offers you that open-hearted hope.

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I am one of those people that's never been really cynical about life, you know.

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I know that often times a lot of people who work in music, whether they be labels and so on or even artists, want personal recognition. We want to be recognized for something, for what we did. I'd rather my song be recognized for what it's doing and that's important. It's not so important how many people know me.

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Biography

Nationality: Somali

Type: Musician

Born: February 1st, 1978

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