Nadir Omowale
Artist – Producer – Creative Strategist
I really hate to say anything because this is probably the correct sentence, right? But when a black man is murdered in front of his family, the cop is acquitted. When a black officer kills a white child, the officer gets 40 years without the possibility of parole.
What am I supposed to do with that? Where is the equity? I mean, I’m not surprised. I just don’t know what to say anymore.
City council violates state law ahead of vote on $34.5M Pistons subsidy
Our public schools are HORRIBLE, but you’ll be able to hop on the Q-Line and get to the game this winter! #gopistons
The Black American Holiday Everyone Should Celebrate but Doesn’t
I saw a lot of misinformation about Juneteenth yesterday, such as it was the date slaves were actually freed. That’s incorrect. This article helps dispel much of the madness.
“We have art in order not to die of the truth.” – Nietzsche
Our friend, Dustin Ogdin, says, “In light of the tragic miscarriage of justice in the Philando Castile verdict, I offer my friend Nadir’s response to these never-ceasing American tragedies. Part P-funk, part Curtis Mayfield, and wholly of our current times.
"Ask yourself if a minor traffic stop is likely to trigger reasonable fears that your life could be in jeopardy for reasons wholly out of your own control. I suspect I know at least one factor that might determine your response.”
We’ve had an awesome response to “Blue Lights” so far, and here’s a beautiful example. SoulTracks.com the biggest soul music site on the planet, offered Nadir’s new funk single to their audience as a First Listen. Check it out:
SoulTracks.com says: Working For the Man, J. Nadir Omowale’s 2008 polemical album dropped like a bomb into the political, military and economic upheavals taking place in that year. The urgent and powerful funk of the title track pretty much captured the feelings of every working man and woman at a time when the economy was in free fall, mainly due to the greed and incompetence of the people at the top. The rocking Detroit funk man came back in 2012 with the very good, though less overtly political The Book of Jonah, and in the year 2017, Nadir has returned.
A lot transpired – particularly in the fraught relationship between law enforcement and minority communities – between 2012 and 2017, and Nadir has something to say.
Check out Nadir’s latest single and music video, the topical and timely “Blue LIghts”.
A funky night on the town goes sideways when Nadir gets pulled over by the police. “Blue Lights” describes the tension as our hero wonders what will happen next. “Are you good cop or bad cop? Will you give me a ticket, arrest me, or will I have to throw down?” Continue reading
