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ABOUT.
Repping Westside Detroit, KHALFANI. is continuing the city’s tradition of lyrical prowess and tenacity. Combining sharp punchlines (Overzealous) with immersive storytelling (Black Father), KHALFANI. is bringing rawness and perspective across every track.
CULTURE
"I’m including these books because I feel like my life was changed by them. I want to write raps as real and as raw as what each of these writers brought to the table. That’s my life’s work."
Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin
Beloved
Toni Morrison
Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou
Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi
CONSCIOUSNESS
Ask and It Is Given
Jerry & Esther Hicks
Practicing the Presence
Joel S. Goldsmith
The Ramayana
Aubrey Menen
ART
The Plain and Simple Guide to Music Publishing
Randall D. Wixen
The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin
The Way I Am
Eminem
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