TAREK FUNK

Syrian Palestinian MC Multi-instrumentalist HipHop Funk Afrobeat artist Tarek Funk (aka Mother Tareka) is a manifestation of the blending of different cultures and genres of liberation music. His pen is inspired by Levantine poets like Mahmoud Darwish, Nizar Qabbani, and Khalil Jibran. His horn is a ripple in time continuing the vibrations of John Coltrane and Fela Kuti. His style and presence channels the energies Jill Scott, the wisdom of Black Thought, and the melodic touch of Yasiin Bey. He has shared stages with many internationally acclaimed artists such as Femi Kuti, Raekwon of The Wu Tang Clan, Yasiin Bey, Bahamadia, C.L. Smooth, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Lord Finnesse, A.F.R.O., R.A. The Rugged Man, Ikebe Funk, as well as Canadian talents like The Souljazz Orchestra, Shad, Kimmortal, Abdominal, Lex Leosis, Terra Lightfoot, The Vaudevillian, Haolin Munk, KC Roberts and The Sunshine Band, Canadian Winter, Kojo Easy Damptey, Persons, Emay, and Afterfunk.

He has built a sound uniquely his own, a testament to People Power, biting at the oligarchical structures of neocolonial capitalism. Along with his Rhymethink collective comrades Lee Reed, Test Their Logik, Kay The Aquanaut, and Praxis Life, he continues to push the limits of lyrical HipHop speaking uncomfortable truths few dare to. Sonically his creation is blending Arabesque melodic elements, with Afrobeat polyrhythms, heavy basslines, hard boomBap drums, huge funky horn lines, and smooth jazzy guitar licks. Mother Tareka is fierce spirit, one part radical MC, one part jazz saxophonist, one part JamesBrown/FelaKuti band leader, all parts musical enigma

RHYMETHiNK is a radical Hip-Hop music collective, working on the stolen lands of occupied Turtle Island. Founded in 2013 by anarchist rap artists TEST THEIR LOGIK and LEE REED, the RHYMETHiNK mission is to create and disseminate expressly revolutionary Hip-Hop: to soundtrack & support the frontline efforts of freedom fighters and social movements; to popularize anti-colonial, anti-capitalist, anti-fascist and anti-authoritarian politics in Hip-Hop; to wield words as weapons in the fight for social & environmental justice; and to fly a phat musical middle finger at all would-be masters, and the thugs & sycophants that serve them // [email protected]