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Originally born into through break dancing, Brother Ali has been one with the mic since he first heard Miilkbone on record. A student of Hip-Hop’s golden age, Ali’s music ranges from purpose to passionate, yet always soulful and true to the boastful heritage of hip hop culture. An , , host and overall party-starter, Brother Ali’s talents are a well-defined addition to the Rhymesayers family.

In spring of 2000, Ali dropped a sixty-minute story telling and thought sharing album titled, Rites of Passage on Rhymesayers Entertainment. The self-produced cassette-only anthology introduced Brother Ali’s beat making muscles and extensive writing skills. He played the congas, beat-boxed and still found time to lay out his views on the music industry, religion and urban life in America.

On stage with only a DJ, Ali’s magical gift for capturing the imagination of his audience has been compared to that of a gospel preacher. His voice, large stature and albino features make him a unique and commanding presence. Brother Ali has perfected the live performance, having played countless shows with: Guru, Mos Def, De La Soul, El-P, Aceyalone, Souls of Mischief and Living Legends just to name a few. From September through November 2002, Ali earned his final road-dog tags showcasing his individual skills performing 63 shows in 71 days with Atmosphere and Murs covering North America.
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  • LilaWalross

    Brother Ali rocked Stockholm tonight! really amazing show, although grieves + budo were unable to come. At one point he made a joke saying that, everyone one the stage being white, we colonialists steal everything. Then a woman accused everyone for being nazis and yelled "sieg heil". She even said everyone only liked brother ali cause he was white... and everyone was like "boo!", but Ali told everyone to be quiet and respect her opinion, because it's her truth and truth needs to be heard, that's what hip-hop is about. MESSAGE

    Tuesday evening

  • InsertScaryName

    http://twitter.com/#!/BrotherAli/status/200423197638803458 and check out his new song Not A Day Goes By

    last week

  • SwagNewton

    yo yo i'm just a white man that wants to be a black man yeeeeaaaah yeeeeeaaaaah yeeeeeeaaaah [2]

    15 days ago

  • joshraw

    @ThunderWolf86, troll harder. As for Ali, great performance at XOYO last night, on top form as always. Sick freestyles, really knows how to bond with the crowd

    15 days ago

  • ThunderWolf86

    yo yo i'm just a white man that wants to be a black man yeeeeaaaah yeeeeeaaaaah yeeeeeeaaaah

    15 days ago

  • Type040147

    бротуха али

    17 days ago

  • Safiana

    @Roc_Melo On your page, your entire 'About Me' section is (translated to English, obviously): "Love is patient and kind; love does not envy, Love does not boast, not proud, does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres." Love never fails (I Corinthians 13:4-8) How strange... 'Love does not boast, not proud, does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, not easily provoked, thinketh no evil..." And yet you have the audacity to call *anyone* other than yourself a fake of any kind?! Child... Please. It is not possible for you to see when your eyes are full of splinters.

    last month

  • KDgoHARD

    NEW MUSIC ON LAST.FM BY KD http://www.last.fm/music/KD/Me%2C+Myself+and+My+Microphone

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Brother Ali and Grieves & Budo continue their European Tour

15 May 2012 | from blog.myspace.com/Brother Ali

Brother Ali and Special Guests Grieves & Budo pick their tour back up tonight with a show at Amsterdam's Melkweg. When the Rhymesayers European Tour played this venue in November 2011, it …

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