Juba Kalamka facts for kids

Juba Kalamka (born July 12, 1970) is an African American artist and activist. He is well-known for his music and for helping to start the group Deep Dickollective. He also created his own small music label called sugartruck recordings.

Kalamka has helped release many albums for Deep Dickollective. He also helped with the first solo album of Rocco "Katastrophe" Kayiatos. This album even won an Outmusic Award. He has also helped many other artists in the homohop music community.

Juba Kalamka's own work often explores ideas about race, identity, and social class in popular culture. He has written and drawn pictures for several magazines. These include Kitchen Sink, ColorLines, and Anything That Moves.

Juba Kalamka's Activism and Community Work

Juba Kalamka is a speaker and leader for many groups. He has spoken at events like the San Francisco Black Gay/Lesbian Film Festival. He also spoke at the Hip Hop as a Movement conference. ..... This was a show featuring artists who were also activists.

In November 2005, Kalamka was chosen to speak at a big conference. This was the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's Creating Change Conference. He also received an award for his work in the queer music community.

Kalamka was the director for East Bay Pride in 2003. He also directed the PeaceOUT World Homo Hop Festival. This festival happened every year from 2001 to 2007. The PeaceOUT festival was very successful. It inspired other similar festivals in New York City, Atlanta, and London.

Juba Kalamka is featured in a 2005 movie called Pick Up the Mic. This movie shows homohop artists performing at the PeaceOUT festivals.

In 2011, he joined the board of the Queer Cultural Center. This group puts on the National Queer Arts Festival. He also joined the Strategic Committee of Desiree Alliance. In 2018, he joined the board of BiNet USA. He became vice president in 2019. He left the organization in October 2020.

An essay and interview with Kalamka and Tim'm West is in a book. The book is called Total Chaos: the Art and Aesthetics of Hip Hop.

Kalamka's first book of poems, Son of Byford, came out in July 2022.

Juba Kalamka's Education

In December 2006, Kalamka finished his master's degree. He studied Poetics at New College of California in San Francisco.

Juba Kalamka's Music Projects

Juba Kalamka helped start the homohop group Deep Dickollective (D/DC). He has also worked with many other music artists.

Deep Dickollective's last album, On Some Other, was released in June 2007.

On January 18, 2022, Kill Rock Stars announced a new song and music video. It was from the group COMMANDO. This group plays queer rap rock and nü metal music. Kalamka is part of COMMANDO. Their full album came out on March 4, 2022.

Music with Deep Dickollective

• 2001 - BourgieBohoPostPomoAfroHomo - sugartruck recordings
• 2001 - Independent Sounds:Amoeba Music Compilation Vol. III - Hip Hop Slam
• 2002 - Phat Family Compilation Volume One:Tha Dozens - Phat Family Records
• 2004 - Azadi!: A Benefit CD For RAWA (compilation) - Fire Museum/ElectroMotive Records
• 2003 - Movin' b/w Straightrippin'(C-Phlavormix) (7" single) - Agitprop!/sugartruck
• 2004 - The Famous Outlaw League of Proto-Negroes - sugartruck recordings
• 2004 - Phat Family Compilation Volume Two:Down 4 Tha Swerve - Phat Family Records
• 2005 - Live at Wildseed and Mo - sugartruck recordings
• 2007 - On Some Other - sugartruck recordings
• 2012 - With The Key(Sissies):The Very Best of Deep Dickollective - sugartruck recordings

Solo Music by Juba Kalamka

• 2012 - Ooogaboooga Under Fascism - sugartruck recordings
• 2012 - This and That (Instrumental/s) - sugartruck recordings
• 2014 - Codeswitchings (Black Things Tomorrow?) - sugartruck recordings

Music as The Joe Louis Milk Company

• 2020 - You Don't Have To Be (instrumentals) - Motisa Methods/sugartruck recordings

Music with Rainbow Flava

• 2001 - Family Business - Phat Family Records

Music with Leroy F. Moore Jr. (as JKLM)

• 2018 - Invalidations, Volume Too - sugartruck recordings/KripHopNation

Music with Marvin K. White (as Black Ellipsis...)

• 2020 - Tth Spc Btwn...A Seminary Avenue - Motisa Methods/sugartruck recordings

Music with He Who Walks Three Ways

• 1994 - Me, IBM and The Baby Jesus (self-released demo) - Biglip/WGBL?
• 2020 - Technology Delivered 91/94 - Motisa Methods

Music with COMMANDO

• 2022 - Hotel Essex (single) - Kill Rock Stars
• 2022 - COMMANDO (album) - Kill Rock Stars
• 2023 - EMET(Izdis Hymn?) (single) - Kill Rock Stars
• 2023 - Diet Soda (single) - Kill Rock Stars
• 2023 - Four (single) - Kill Rock Stars
• 2023 - Big Big Black (single) - Kill Rock Stars
• 2023 - Luggage n’Umbrage:The Skeebo Sides EP (EP) - Kill Rock Stars

Juba Kalamka's Film Appearances

Juba Kalamka has appeared in several films and documentaries.

• 2005 - Pick Up The Mic - Juba (as himself), Alex Hinton, dir. Planet Janice Films
• 2006 - Making It (background music) - Sobaz Benjamin, dir. National Film Board of Canada
• 2007 - Godspeed (Weed Man/Dime Bag Dealer) - AltCinema Productions
• 2008 - La bisexualité: tout un art? - Juba (as himself), Laure Michel and Eric Wastiaux. dir.
• 2010 - That's So GAY! - Juba (as himself), KB Boyce, dir. QPOC Artists and Mass Media
• 2011 - The Craving - Juba (prod., additional music), Val Killmore Castro, dir. Hellfire Cinema
• 2012 - Heavenly Spire: Juba (as himself), Shine Louise Houston, dir. Pink Label
• 2013 - Sins Invalid (producer, additional music) - Patty Berne, dir.
• 2019 - Is Friendship Legal - Ms. Zoe Kat and Salty Brine, dir.
• 2020 - The Shock of Gary Fisher(w/COMMANDO) music video - John Sanborn, dir.
• 2021 - The Friend (as St. Fractious) - John Sanborn, dir.
• 2022 - Hotel Essex(w/COMMANDO) music video - John Sanborn, dir.
• 2022 - Prince(w/COMMANDO) music video - Daniel Foerste, dir.
• 2024 - What Does Revolution Sound Like? (documentary) - Alecia Harger, dir.
• 2025 -The Craziest Story -documentary short (as himself) Numeric Pictures - Dave Steck, dir.