“And we don’t have bar mitzvahs / We become men the first time our fathers hit us, and we don’t open gifts up” I saw Brother Ali get booed once. He was opening for a reunited Brand Nubian in Baltimore ...

It’s a long journey from “Uncle Sam Goddamn” to “Satisfied Soul,” but not nearly as long as the one Brother Ali has taken to get where he is today. Born with albinism and legally blind, Ali found ...

Albino, overweight, and legally blind. No, this is not the profile of an ill-fated lab rat, but the self-deprecating self-description of underground rapper Brother Ali. Born Jason Newman, Ali ...

There's been a lot of chatter lately in rap-critic circles about whether or not hip-hop's moment of relevance has passed. The records aren't moving bazillions of units like they used to, the sound ...