Jehan Muhammad's Blog

I wrote this song in 2010. It was part of my 'humble beginnings' mixtape that I released in 2013. I'm glad to see that other artists can relate to the lyrics even six years later. Fast forward to 1:36 "It's BIGGER than you, it's BIGGER than me. It's even BIGGER than us, it's BIGGER than we."  #godblessthechildthathasherownlyrics #isaiditsixyearsago #inspiredbyjehania #yourfavoriteartistsfavoritewriter #celebrityghostwriter #inspirationforthelegends #jehaniaalwayssaysitfirst #poetsinceagesix #brownskingirlmocha2015 #recycledlyrics #putsomerespeckonmypen

"I go crazy over brothas with beards and locs." - Beards and Locs "Know that I stay hungry like it's Ramadan." - Hustling and Grinding "The Bible and Qur'an was all the prophets rhyme books." - Ancient Alien "Still eatin' swine though, you should knock it off." - Beards and Locs "I prayed five times a day, trouble was still there." - Where was God? "Egyptian musk aroma, he smelled like baba." - Astro "Sometimes a Muslim eats a little lard." - Sometimes Samples from Malcolm X' s 1962 speech "Who Taught You to Hate Yourself?" (Jehania released December 2015) miswak in Yeah! video "Just like me, you were born and raised in the code." - Astro Reciting Surah al-Fatiha in Rhyming Outside the Lines documentary "Well known to rastas, Sunnis, and God bodies." - Yeah!

I am so happy to present to you the ……… In My Shell dress, custom designed and handmade by yours truly, Jehania. I made this dress by hand with no pattern and no sewing machine in four days. I sat down with a friend of mine about two months ago and discussed what I should wear in the Beards and Locs video. I really didn’t put too much thought into the outfit for this video at first. I was going to just buy a cheap little dress from Goodwill and call it a day. Then he was like “No, you gotta come harder than that.” So I took a trip to the fabric store, my second favorite place after the studio. I knew what kind of fabric I wanted to work with but I didn’t have a definite design in mind. It wasn’t until after I purchased the fabric that I sat down and sketched the design for this dress. Some people don’t know that at one point in my life I was very serious about having a career in the fashion industry. This isn’t something that I just started doing. I’ve been sewing and making clot...

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Binzopa is a children’s poem audio book featuring all eight of my kiddie poems. I noticed that a lot of parents liked my children’s poems when I first posted them last year. When I posted the second batch of poems last week my brother and sister both said that I should make a book. After reading them to my nieces and nephews I noticed that all children do not learn the same. Some children are visual learners and learn by reading and writing. Some children are auditory learners and learn by hearing and speaking. Some children are hands on learners and learn by watching and doing. I was impressed when my five year old nephew told me “I’m supposed to eat veggie tables, because that’s what you said.” I didn’t think he was listening and paying attention when I was reading the poem but apparently he was. He memorized everything that he heard me say in the poems. He also memorized how many months away everyone in the family’s birthday was by hearing his dad tell him. My four year old niece ...

The past is over and done with and there's no going back to change it but in order to know where you're going you must know where you come from. Oh the joy that comes with looking through all of the photo albums with my family and being reminded of the beautiful memories I had growing up in Raleigh, North Carolina with my four siblings and my mom and in Kinston, North Carolina with my father and grandparents and all of the fun times we had together. It's comforting being able to look at these photos and not have any regrets. These are some photos that I wanted to include in Rhyming Outside the Lines but I didn't have access to at the moment.   baby Jehania (9 months old)   1986 - 6 months old, me and my sister My mom said everyone thought I was a boy because I didn't have any hair.    age 3 - My obsession and love for hats dates back to 1989.     1998 - Grandaddy's obituary    ...