Umar Bin Hassan facts for kids
Umar Bin Hassan was born in Akron, Ohio, in 1948. His birth name was Gilbert Jerome Huling. He is an American poet and a recording artist. This means he writes poems and also makes music.
Umar Bin Hassan is known for being part of a group called The Last Poets. To join them, he once sold his younger sister's record player. He used the money to buy a bus ticket to New York City. That's where he met and joined The Last Poets.
In the middle of the 1990s, Umar Bin Hassan released his own album. It was called Be Bop or Be Dead. This album was released by Axiom Records, which was part of Island Records/PolyGram.
Working with Other Artists
In 1994, Umar Bin Hassan was featured on a special music collection. This collection was a CD called Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool. It was put together by the Red Hot Organization. On this album, he performed a song called "This is Madness." He worked with Abiodun Oyewole and Pharoah Sanders on this track. The famous Time magazine even called this album "Album of the Year."
Umar Bin Hassan also appeared on an album by the group Dead Prez. This was the "Deluxe Edition" of their 2013 album, Information Age.
Documentary and Memoir
In 2018, a film was made about Umar Bin Hassan. It was a documentary called Scared of Revolution. A Dutch filmmaker named Daniel Krikke wrote and directed it.
More recently, in 2023, Umar Bin Hassan wrote a book about his life. It was a special kind of book called a comic book memoir. It was titled Up South in Akron and was published by Music Arkives.
Solo Albums
Here are the albums Umar Bin Hassan has released on his own:
- Be Bop or Be Dead (Axiom Records, 1993)
- To the Last (Baraka Foundation, 2001)
- Life Is Good (Stay Focused Records, 2002)
