Umar Bin Hassan
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Umar Bin Hassan (born 1948) is an American poet and recording artist, associated with The Last Poets. He sold his younger sister's record player to purchase a bus ticket to New York City, where he joined the Last Poets.[citation needed] In the mid-1990s, he recorded a solo album titled Be-Bop or be Dead on Bill Laswell's Axiom Records through Island/PolyGram.
In 1994, Bin Hassan appeared on the Red Hot Organization's compilation CD, Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool, appearing on a track titled "This is Madness" alongside Abiodun Oyewole and Pharoah Sanders. The album was named "Album of the Year" by Time magazine.[citation needed]
Bin Hassan appeared on the 2013 Dead Prez album, Information Age (Deluxe Edition).
Solo discography[]
- Be Bop or Be Dead (Axiom Records, 1993)
- To the Last (Baraka Foundation, 2001)
- Life Is Good (Stay Focused Records, 2002)
References[]
External links[]
- Biography of Umar Bin Hassan, from Poetry International Web
- Umar Bin Hassan's Web Site
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