Jersey City, NJ native Hasan Salaam has released new music celebrating real love hip-hop, and embracing to savor the moment.
Hasan Salaam says :
“In these times it can be tough to find a reason to smile, it’s moments like these that we savor. Our families, our loved ones and we keep on surviving. This is the wedding of Jwa Star & Light The Emcee. Celebrate and Savor The Moment with me and my fam.”
Check out Savor The Moment featuring Drue Davis:
Hasan Salaam is a rapper, community organizer, educator and SexPert born in New York City and raised in New Jersey.
His lyrics touch on such subjects as “post-colonial exploitation of African culture”, “the African diaspora.
Salaam started rapping at the age of 10.
After seeing a preview for the movie Malcolm X in 1992 he read the Autobiography of Malcolm X, which inspired him.
In 2005 he won an award for Best Live Performance and Best Underground Song of the Year for the song “Blaxploitation” from his debut album Paradise Lost at the third Annual Underground Music Awards.
Together with HiCoup, Rugged N Raw, Impaq and Badsportt he is a member of the group 5th Column.
Salaam featured on the UK Hip hop group Mecca2Medina’s Truthseekers album in 2006. He has also toured internationally.
According to his biography, Hasan Salaam’s music paints vivid pictures of the commonalities that bind us: struggle, love, & pain.
“It’s this ability, to touch people at their core, which has garnered Hasan a loyal fan base all over the world. In addition to his musical successes, Hasan has remained dedicated to his work in the community & speaks regularly at conferences & panels, to help bring awareness to vital social issues.”