“Antifa militant”
“Quite profound”
If John Brown Were a 21st-Century Palestinian Jew
Labeled “Antifa militant” by Andy Ngo and “quite profound” by Chuck D of Public Enemy, AWKWORD is a 30-year organizer, activist and political and nonprofit strategist, a co-founder of TEN DEMANDS, a union journalist, and an internationally acclaimed Hip Hop artist, who donates all proceeds to Black charitable organizations. A Palestinian Jewish, neurodivergent, mentally disabled addict, with two adopted daughters, awkword prides himself on embodying struggle and redemption.
In addition to creating The Ten Demands for Justice, since the early 2000s AWKWORD has organized with rapper Pharaohe Monch and anti-gun violence nonprofit Guns 4 Cameras; lobbied New York State Congress for the repeal of the Rockefeller Drug Laws; sued New York State to reinstate the 2020 Democratic Primary and add Bernie Sanders back on the ballot; worked pro-bono at Green Haven maximum security prison, an alternative-to-incarceration center and a number of teen centers, after-school programs and shelters; created rap songs and videos used or sponsored by Occupy Wall Street, the New York Civil Liberties Union, and The Ocean Project; delivered keynotes and presentations on abolition, labor organizing, anti-fascism and Hip Hop education; written for Unicorn Riot, Counterpunch, Crooks & Liars, Antagonist Mag, Mass Appeal, YRB, Fly Paper, and Elemental; and served as strategic consultant and/or designer to Songs for Good, Anti-Police Terror Project, Stand Up For Science, Black Lives Matter Grassroots, National Resources Defense Council, National Writers Union, Universal Music Group, The Virtual Citizen, Dr. Melina Abdullah, Cat Brooks, and Noelle Cook.
AWKWORD has also toured the United States as a performing artist; served as an Audiomack Verified Tastemaker, spotlighting alternative Hip Hop music; acted as brand ambassador for Aerosoul Limited; managed Nigerian American rapper Chisom; secured hundreds of premium press placements for artist, author and influencer clients; and released the first-ever 100% for-charity global Hip Hop project, World View, with all profits going to educate and empower ‘at-risk youth.’
Most recently, AWKWORD has been delivering timely social justice content through his Global Warning video podcast.
