Omar Musa

Omar bin Musa
Omar bin Musa live at Jaipur, India in 2011
Background information
Birth name	Omar bin Musa
Born	9 January 1984 (1984-01-09) (age 27) Queanbeyan, New South Wales, AUS
Genres	Hip Hop, jazz poetry, spoken word soul, jazz-funk, proto-rap
Occupations	Poet, singer, songwriter, author
Instruments	Vocals,
Years active	2002–present
Website	http://www.obmmusic.com

Omar bin Musa (born 9 January 1984) is a poet and rapper from Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia. He won the Australian Poetry Slam in 2008^[1] after initially winning the Canberra Poetry Slam.^[2] He recorded his debut The Massive EP with Geoff Stanfield (Black Lab, Sun Kil Moon) in Seattle, USA.^[3] He released it in 2009. He released his debut full length album World Goes to Pieces on 6 July 2010, before supporting Gil Scott-Heron on his German tour.

Discography

Albums

• World Goes to Pieces (2010)
• The Massive EP (2009)

References

1. ^ Rapper with a heart of a poet slams stereotypes Malik, Sarah (Sarah Malik) smh.com.au [1]
2. ^ Poet and rapper Omar Musa Malik, Sarah (Sarah Malik) smh.com.au
3. ^ OMAR MUSA – The Massive EP Kittel, Nicholas (Nicholas Kittel) abc.net.au [2]

External links

• Official Web Site
• Myspace
• Lost in translation

Persondata
Name	Musa Omar
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Date of birth	1984-01-09
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