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Question: Are American Muslim Rappers the New Sufis?

By MusicNerd June 23, 2009


I'm not sure everyone shares my obsession with Islam in American hip-hop, but tonight, KCTS is airing a documentary called New Muslim Cool about a (deep breath) Puerto Rican-American drug dealer who turns to Islam and rap music to clean up his life.


He starts a mosque/ spiritual rap center in Pittsburgh which is then raided by the federal government after 9/11. There are a ton of fascinating questions here (are American Muslim rappers the new Sufis?) and, basically, I’m stoked.



More info at: http://www.pbs.org/pov/newmuslimcool/
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