Welcome to The Revolution!
"Uncovering the Roots of Poetry in Islam"
Free Event
(Workshop, Seminar & Performance)
Carleton University Muslim Students Association (CUMSA)
23 September at 18:30–20:00 (EDT) University Centre, RM 282
1125 Colonel By Drive, K1S 5B6 Ottawa, Canada.
Canadian follow up tour.
"Back by popular demand"March 15th-26th 2015.
New dates soon to be announced
in Toronto and Ottawa for fall 2016.
Watch this space!
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Selected press articles about Malik Al Nasir (Malik & The O.G’s)
•Time Out Toronto - 2016 - Toronto Canada
•Lliverpool etc, - 2016 - Liverpool UK
•Now Magazine - 2016 - Toronto Canada
•Lliverpool etc, - 2016 - Liverpool UK
•Now Magazine - 2016 - Toronto Canada
•Mississauga News - 2016 - Mississauga Canada
•Harbourfront Blog - 2016 - Toronto Canada
•Carleton University - Diversity Art & The Academy - 2016 - Ottawa Canada
•The Charlatan Magazine - 2016 - Ottawa Canada
•The Guardian - 2011- UK
•The Guardian - 2015 - UK
•The Independent - 2015 - UK
•The Skinny – 2015 - UK
Selected Radio about Malik Al Nasir (Malik & The O.G’s)
•BBC World Service - 2011- UK
•BBC Radio 4 - 2011- UK
•TLJE Radio - 2014 - Atlanta USA
•BBC Radio Merseyside - 2011- UK
•Radio City 96.7 2011- UK
•BBC Radio Leicester 2011- UK
•Wirral Radio 2015- UK
•Tenacity Radio - 2015 - Atlanta USA
•Radio CKCU 93.1 - The Guest List - 2016 - Ottawa Canada
•Radio CKCU 93.1 - The Home Invasion Show- 2016 - Ottawa Canada
•Tenacity Radio - 2015 - Atlanta USA
•Radio CKCU 93.1 - The Guest List - 2016 - Ottawa Canada
•Radio CKCU 93.1 - The Home Invasion Show- 2016 - Ottawa Canada
Selected TV about Malik Al Nasir (Malik & The O.G’s)
•BBC News – 2011 - UK
•Bay TV News – 2015 - UK
•B3 Media - L8 Unseen – 2015 - UK
Malik & The O.G's Contact:
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Yesternight Productions
Presents...
Malik & The O.G's Ft. Rita Carter
Live in Ottawa
"The Revolution Will Be Live!"(Canadian Tour 2016.)
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 - 6:00pm - Free Admission.
Ottawa YCL & The Graduate Student Association @ Carleton University Present...
Ottawa YCL & The Graduate Student Association @ Carleton University Present...
"The Poet As An Activist"
Workshop with Malik Al Nasir
Followed by:
Film Screening - "Word-Up" Ft. Gil Scott-Heron & The Last Poets.
Word-Up Film Screening - event details
Film Screening - "Word-Up" Ft. Gil Scott-Heron & The Last Poets.
Word-Up Film Screening - event details
Ottawa
(613) 520-6616
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Wednesday, March 23, 2016 - 10:00am - 12:00pm - Free Admission & Lunch.
TD Centre of learning - Artist Speaker Series - & Radio Regent
Presents...
Poetry In The Park
with
Malik Al Nasir
Hosted by Mahlikah Alweri (RedSlam)
- Free film screening - Word-Up Ft Gil Scott-Heron & The Last Poets
- live poetry & Q & A with Malik Al Nasir
540 Dundas Street East (at Sackville Street)
Toronto, ON M5A 2B3
Phone: (647) 349-2244
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Friday, March 25, 2016 - 5:30pm - Free
Presents: Guest Speaker Malik Al Nasir
For a screening of the film: "Word-Up From Ghetto To Mecca"
Foillowed by a seminar on...
Foillowed by a seminar on...
Carleton University: 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6
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Saturday, March 26, 2016 - 6:30pm
Or.I.Gin Studio - 57 Lyndale Ave. Ottawa, ON. Canada.
Featuring Malik Al Nasir
Tickets are $20 in advance
A film screening of "Word-Up Ft. Gil Scott-Heron,
The Last Poets & Benjamin Zephaniah.
Q & A following the film.
A masterclass on the art behind the spoken word
The Grand Finale...
A Live Performance by:
Malik & The O.G's
Ft. Ottawa's own "Rita Carter"
Tickets are $20 in advance
$25 at the door.
$30 for VIP
Get your early bird tickets until March 13 and pay only $15.
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Email money transfer to
Or
TEXT 613-986-5526
For local pick-up
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London date just announced:
Convergence Festival 2016.
The Roundhouse.
London UK.
13th March 2016.
3-6pm. (Sold Out)
"Pieces of a Man - The Gil Scott-Heron Project"
Curated by Malik Al Nasir.
On Sunday 13th March Convergence presents Pieces of a Man: The Gil Scott-Heron Project at the Roundhouse, a celebration of the late poet and activists legacy with poetry, performance, and panel discussions featuring Gil’s personal friends and family, artists and academics influenced by his work.
The day will provide a unique opportunity to hear first-hand accounts from key figures such as Gil’s protege - Mailk Al Nasir and Gil's daughter, artist and activist Che' Scott-Heron.
Other panelists include musicians Cleveland Watkiss and Orphy Robinson and academics such as Dr. Deirdre Osbourne, (Reader in English Literature and Drama, Goldsmiths University), poets Salena Godden, Zena Edwards and HKB Finn, with a sound clash performed by young poets from the BBC / Roundhouse "First Words" initiative, in association with Arts Council England.
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Malik & the O.G’s Biography
At The Revolution Will Be Live with Talib Kweli
and two of Gil's kids Rumal Rackley & Che Scott-Heron Newton
Photo: Carl Hyde
That rare individual, a poet, activist and songwriter, Malik Al Nasir is a self-invented radical hero. Abdul Malik Al Nasir (Formally Mark T. Watson) is a British poet and filmmaker of mixed Guyanese and Welsh descent who was born in Liverpool, UK in 1966.
A chance meeting in 1984 with the famous poet and civil rights activist the late Gil Scott-Heron changed his life forever. Gil took pity on Malik and took him on tour with the band and became his mentor and father figure right up until Gil died in 2011.
In his first release, the unique two-for-one collection "Rhythms of the Diaspora Vol’s 1 & 2, Al Nasir presents two aspects of his creativity, on a collection of his challenging songs set to music and his own spoken word set, with rhythms from the whole black diaspora.
On Volume 1, Al Nasir's group, the reggae-inflected, pan-African O.G’s, appear with guest artists including rapper LL Cool J, who bigs-up Al Nasir's roots quest on the intro, the legendary Gil Scott-Heron, who appears on "Black & Blue," Ras Tesfa, as well as O.G’s friends, like singers J.D Smoothe, Chamaine Radcliffe, VeslemØy Holseter and Marie Labropoulos, rapper Illyas Napalm and percussionist Marivaldo Dos Santos.
Veteran bass player Stanley Clarke introduces Vol. 2 which features the “Grandfather of Rap” Jalal Nuriddin and Kenyatte Abdur-Rahman of The Last Poets. A staple of both albums, master percussionist Larry McDonald appears on almost all recordings by Al Nasir. On Vol. 1 (The Songs) he’s joined by drummer Rod Youngs of Gil Scott-Herons’ Amnesia Express and on Vol. 2, (The Poems), McDonald joins drummer Swiss Chris, the former musical director of Grammy winner John Legend.
Al Nasir talks of this music and verse as being "My way of reconciling feelings within myself - the pain and intensity that comes from inheriting generations of warped racist and colonial policies. I call it a quiet revolution," he explains,“ I want to bring change without bringing harm to people; to raise consciousness and provoke thought in a constructive, not a destructive manner."
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Malik & The O.G’s debut album
‘Rhythms of the Diaspora Vol’s 1 & 2 Ft. Gil Scott-Heron & The Last Poets’
Available on iTunes:
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For Malik & The O.G's bookings
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Black History Month Tour Feb 2016.
"Thank you to all of you who came out and supported us on this fantastic tour."
Malik Al Nasir along with mentor and Last Poets founding member,
Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, to visit Toronto, Mississauga & Ottawa, Feb' 2016.
Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, to visit Toronto, Mississauga & Ottawa, Feb' 2016.
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Canadian Black History Month Tour Schedule (Feb) 2016:
Toronto dates:
York University (OPIRG). - FREE
Word-Up (FILM SCREENING) + Spoken Word Performance by
Malik Al Nasir (Malik & The O.G's) & Jalal Nuriddin (The Last Poets)
+ Q & A.
Thursday Feb 4th, 2016 - 6PM-8PM
York University Curtis Lecture Hall "C"
4700 Keele Street West.
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Saturday Feb 6th - 3PM - COSMOS RECORDS - In store appearance - FREE
by Malik Al Nasir (Malik & The O.G's) & Jalal Nuriddin (The Last Poets).
At: 607A Queen Street West Toronto On. Canada.
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Saturday Feb 6th - 6:30PM - FREE
Hustlers Convention Film Screening + Q & A
with Associate Producer - Malik Al Nasir (Malik & The O.G's)
& Jalal Nuriddin (The Last Poets).
Harbourfront Centre - 235 Queens Quay West,
Studio Theatre, Toronto On. Canada.
https://www.facebook.com/events/200974863585654/
Studio Theatre, Toronto On. Canada.
https://www.facebook.com/events/200974863585654/
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Saturday Feb 6th - 9PM - Harbourfront Centre (Brigantine Room) -
DISPATCHES FROM TOMORROW - Spoken Word Performance by Jalal Nuriddin
(The Last Poets) & Malik Al Nasir (Malik & The O.G's) + Q & A. with support from... JustJamaal (The Poet) + Northern Griots Network.
Harbourfront Centre - 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto, ON. Canada.
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Monday Feb. 8th - 7-10PM
The Revolution Will Be Live!:
A spoken word legacy show at: Or.I.Gin Studio
Or.I.Gin Studio
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Tuesday Feb 9th - 6pm
Hustlers Convention & Word-Up (FILM SCREENINGS) +
Spoken Word Performance by
Jalal Nuriddin (The Last Poets)
Jalal Nuriddin (The Last Poets)
Malik Al Nasir (Malik & The O.G's)
+ Live Q & A.
+ Live Q & A.
At: Carleton University (Migration & Diaspora Studies).
Minto Centre (Room 5050), Ottawa, ON. Canada.
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Malik & The O.G’s Reviews…
Raoul Juneja – NOW Magazine “Through his writing, music and live performances, Malik Al Nasir is continuing the legacy of his late mentor Gil Scott-Heron”
Glyn Akroyd – Bido Lito Magazine (Front cover article)
“Malik delivers a beautifully lyrical performance, another verse in the extraordinary life of an ordinary guy!”
Paul Lester, The Guardian “In 1984, a chance encounter between Scott-Heron and Al Nasir, then a self-described “illiterate street kid” in Liverpool, led to him taking the 18-year-old under his wing. Today, Al Nasir boasts a master’s degree.”
Michael Edwards – UK Vibe Magazine “St George’s Hall, Liverpool provided an opportunity for Malik to put on a fabulous tribute concert in honour of the great wordsmith, who guided him throughout his formative and adult years.”
Twitter - Malik & The O.G's
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Malik Al Nasir - Wiki
Malik & The O.G’s Reviews…
Raoul Juneja – NOW Magazine “Through his writing, music and live performances, Malik Al Nasir is continuing the legacy of his late mentor Gil Scott-Heron”
Glyn Akroyd – Bido Lito Magazine (Front cover article)
“Malik delivers a beautifully lyrical performance, another verse in the extraordinary life of an ordinary guy!”
Paul Lester, The Guardian “In 1984, a chance encounter between Scott-Heron and Al Nasir, then a self-described “illiterate street kid” in Liverpool, led to him taking the 18-year-old under his wing. Today, Al Nasir boasts a master’s degree.”
Michael Edwards – UK Vibe Magazine “St George’s Hall, Liverpool provided an opportunity for Malik to put on a fabulous tribute concert in honour of the great wordsmith, who guided him throughout his formative and adult years.”
Paul Bradshaw - Beyond Chaser "Mentored by both Jalal and the late great Gil Scott-Heron, Malik brought his own poetic life experience to the event and his no nonsense delivery came wrapped in the warm, versatile vocals of Cleveland Watkiss and Chantelle Nandi."
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