Mutulu Olugbala also known by his stage name M-1 is a rapper

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

, activist and author known for his work as one half of the political hip hop

Hip hop

Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...

 duo Dead Prez

Dead Prez

Dead Prez stylized as dead prez is a hip hop duo from the United States, composed of stic.man and M-1, formed in 1996 in New York City, New York. They are known for their confrontational style, combined with socialist lyrics focused on both militant social justice and Pan-Africanism...

 along with his friend stic.man

Stic.man

Khnum Muata ”STIC” Ibomu or Clayton Gavin, better known as stic.man, is an American emcee, activist and author known for his work as one half of the political hip-hop duo dead prez.-History:...

 (Clayton Gavin). In 2006, he also had a lead role in Broken Rhyme

Broken Rhyme (film)

Broken Rhyme is a 2006 American 90-minute feature film and drama directed and produced by Detdrich McClure about a disillusioned rapper Broken Rhyme is a 2006 American 90-minute feature film and drama directed and produced by Detdrich McClure about a disillusioned rapper Broken Rhyme is a 2006...

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M-1's first solo album Confidential credited to "Dead Prez Presents M-1" was released on March 21, 2006 through Sotti/Koch Records. Following Confidential M-1 worked on the album Can't Sell Dope Forever

Can't Sell Dope Forever

Can't Sell Dope Forever is the title of a collaboration project between Hip Hop groups dead prez and Outlawz.The album was released on Affluent Records July 25, 2006 and executive produced by Oscar Sanchez...

by Dead Prez/Outlawz

Outlawz

Outlawz, formally known as Outlaw Immortalz, is an American hip hop group founded by Tupac Shakur in late 1995 after Shakur's release from prison. Collectively, they are probably best known for appearing in the video "Hit 'Em Up", in a diss track aimed at Biggie Smalls and other New York...

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M-1 is also featured in the UK

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 documentary, Guilty or Innocent of Using the N Word

Guilty or Innocent of Using the N Word

Guilty or Innocent of Using the N Word is a 2006 documentary directed by British director, Bhavna Malkani, in Warsaw, capital of Poland.The documentary explores questions and issues surrounding the word "nigger" that many feel constrained to discuss, as is often categorized as a taboo word...

. He had many cameos in Chappelle's Show

Chappelle's Show

Chappelle's Show is an American sketch comedy television series created by comedian Dave Chappelle and Neal Brennan, with Chappelle hosting the show as well as starring in various skits. Chappelle, Brennan and Michele Armour were the show's executive producers. The series premiered on January 22,...

 comedy sketches. M-1 had a minor role in the 2001 film Brooklyn Babylon.

M-1 is also a political activist for many black and left-wing causes. In July 2009, M-1 accompanied the Viva Palestina

Viva Palestina

Viva Palestina is a British-based registered charity which came into being in January 2009 with the initial intention of running a humanitarian aid convoy to the Gaza Strip...

 convoy, delivering humanitarian supplies to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip

Gaza Strip

thumb|Gaza city skylineThe Gaza Strip lies on the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The Strip borders Egypt on the southwest and Israel on the south, east and north. It is about long, and between 6 and 12 kilometres wide, with a total area of...

. In 2010, M-1 was featured on Palestinian British rapper Shadia Mansour

Shadia Mansour

Shadia Mansour, also known as "the first lady of Arabic hip hop is a Palestinian singer and MC. Much of her music focuses on Middle East politics. Her first language is Arabic and she raps in Arabic. Mansour has recorded music with producer Johnny Juice of Public Enemy. Her first single,...

's single "Al Kufiyyeh 3arabeyyeh" ("The Kufiyyeh is Arab").

Filmography

• 2001: Brooklyn Babylon
• 2006: Guilty or Innocent of Using the N Word
  Guilty or Innocent of Using the N Word
  Guilty or Innocent of Using the N Word is a 2006 documentary directed by British director, Bhavna Malkani, in Warsaw, capital of Poland.The documentary explores questions and issues surrounding the word "nigger" that many feel constrained to discuss, as is often categorized as a taboo word...
  
  as Himself (documentary)
• 2006: Broken Rhyme
  Broken Rhyme (film)
  Broken Rhyme is a 2006 American 90-minute feature film and drama directed and produced by Detdrich McClure about a disillusioned rapper Broken Rhyme is a 2006 American 90-minute feature film and drama directed and produced by Detdrich McClure about a disillusioned rapper Broken Rhyme is a 2006...
  
  as himself (feature film)
• 2012: Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal as himself (documentary)

Videography

• 2006: "Till We Get There" feat. Stori James and K'naan
  K'naan
  K'naan , born Keinan Abdi Warsame in 1978, is a Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist.-Biography:Born in Somalia, K'naan spent his childhood in Mogadishu and lived there during the Somali Civil War, which began in 1991. His aunt, Magool, was one of Somalia's most...
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-unyCKBSuQ

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