Aki Nawaz

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Aki Nawaz a.k.a. Propa-Gandhi is a British rapper and musician, part of the Islamic rap band Fun-Da-Mental. He is best known for his controversial lyrics relating to immorality of the west, jihad and suicide bombers. Nawaz grew up in Bradford, England. In the 1980s, using his proper name Haq Qureshi, he played drums under with the rock band Southern Death Cult, a forerunner to The Cult, which had Ian Astbury on vocals. When Astbury moved on to found his own band, the remaining musicians stayed together for a time, but eventually broke up. Changing musical genres, Nawaz went on to found the Islamic rap group Fun-Da-Mental in 1991.

In 2006, when their record All is War was about to be released through his own Nation Records, two company directors from his distributor Beggar's Banquet Records, Martin Mills and Andrew Heath, threatened to resign. The record was finally released on August 7th 2006 as a download album, with a retail release on the Five Uncivilised Tribes label to follow.