Malcolm X

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Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little, later el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965) was an American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement. A spokesman for the Nation of Islam until 1964, he was a vocal advocate for Black empowerment and the promotion of Islam within the Black community. A posthumous autobiography, on which he collaborated with Alex Haley, was published in 1965.
Malcolm X was the credited artist for the 'No Sell Out' single featuring vocal samples of American black activist Malcolm X (1925-1965), released by American drummer Keith LeBlanc on Tommy Boy Records in November 1983. It marked one of the first usages of sample-based composition in popular music and was the first hip hop song to use Malcolm X's voice for artistic and political reasons. No other release under the Malcolm X moniker was ever made.
== Links To Peel ==
Peel may well have been aware of Malcolm X during his time in the USA in the 1960s, but as most parts of the country were still strictly segregated, he is unlikely to have had much contact with the emerging Black Power movement. Back in the UK, however, he may possibly have encountered Michael X (Michael Abdul Malik, or Michael de Freitas), who modelled himself on Malcolm X as a militant black community leader and had contacts in the underground scene. He sometimes appeared as writer or interviewee in International Times - in fact Peel's first column in the paper is on the same page as a piece by Michael X advocating black self-defence in response to white violence, as Malcolm X had previously done in the US.
Peel played the single 'No Sell Out' on his shows in the early 1980's and later gave airtime to Keith LeBlanc's Enemy Within collaboration with Adrian Sherwood, 'Support The Miners', featuring vocal samples of striking miners' leader Arthur Scargill. The DJ subsequently played LeBlanc's solo work and releases with Sherwood as part of Tackhead.
== Shows Played ==
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*31 January 1984: No Sell Out (12") Tommy Boy TB 840
*11 February 1984 (BFBS): No Sell Out (12") Tommy Boy TB 840
== External Links ==
* Wikipedia article on No Sell Out
* Discogs
* Wikipedia article on Malcolm X
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