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Afrika Islam

real name Charles Andre Glenn

Afrika Islam is credited on 509 releases across 135 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1980–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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509

Credits

135

Albums

5

Decades active

135

In collections

Biography

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Bronx DJ and Producer.
Born June 19, 1967 in The Bronx, New York
Originally he was the 13th b-boy of the Zulu Kings. He had the first hiphop show on radio, Zulu Beats, WHBI - FM 105,9, in 1981. After the radio show, he was a part of the Supreme Team for a while.
In 1983 he won the NMS DJ championship, Battle For World Supremacy, and in the late 80's he founded Rhyme Syndicate Records together with Ice-T. In the late 90's, he teamed up with WestBam for the electro project Mr. X & Mr. Y.

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Credited work

509 releases · 135 albums · active 1980–2025

  • Production · 527
  • Performance · 413
  • Engineering · 69
  • Other credits · 46

Studios: Syndicate Studios West · Wide Tracks · Soundcastle · Entourage Studios

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