Journing through the dark chambers of the minds of the Oppressed,in my perennial search for that blind lady who stands motionless on a broken scale of JUSTICE...
Artists' who are using their skill and talent to bring about social conscoiusness and create relevant dialogue in their communities... All those African chiefs that sold their own people into slavery for guns and wine, because now those same demonic elements are being used today in the form of fifty shots, drug addiction, alcoholism, and hopelessness...
The kind of music that make slaves revolt against injustice, and revolutionary mothers dig trenches in the hood in their fight against black on black violence... the kind of music that'll make the creator wanna re-create the universe in my image... the kind of music that has the power to unite black people under one music note.
Raised in Harlem N.Y. and breast fed by the rough streets of sugar hill; Karast Is (which is an Egyptain/kemetic concept for the western term Christ) was an Aspiring cartoon artist who loved perusing the minds of great African artists and Poets…But like so many young Black males trapped in the squalid realms of ghetto Reality, while at the same time striving to germinate into manhood without relevant Fathers or father figures, karast became another prey to the vulturistic sadisms of The street Life. As a result, it cost him over a decade imprisoned in America’s prison industrial Complex. It was there (where violence, fear, hate, racism and dehumanization is the acceptable norm) that karast spiritually, politically, and poetically transformed himself into an educator…teaching/facilitating cultural awareness classes at Clinton, Elmira and Attica correctional facilities at upstate New York. Karast, while serving time for armed robbery and assault, also wrote a book which he began writing while locked down in SHU special housing unit at Comstock correctional facility in 1996. His book, “From Universal Builder to Modern Day Destroyers†addresses the various issues concerning African people in American Society today. Since karast’ release he has been very active in his community. He is a part of “World Youth Movement for Global Peace†at Medgar Evers College In Brooklyn, where he is a psychology major. Eventually, karast decided to utilize his gift for poetry and spoken word in the service of creating pertinent/relevant dialogue and social consciousness within the grassroot masses. His journey reads: At the 2003 Million Youth March he received an award For his support at the MYM. He also featured at the Martin Luther King Jr. labor center for The commemoration of Black liberation army member Safiya Buhkari; as well as Developing Justice Leadership Program/Workshop and Project REAL, where as a graduate, has been instrumental in bringing a Positive social message to at-risk youth at local schools, and various social institutions. He tours various colleges, universities, prisons,slams, homeless shelters, poetry workshops, panel discussions, and community meetings around the country using the microphone as his weapon against oppression. Karast was also a guest on the talk show: The Next Level hosted by Darlene Brown. He released his first poetry album in 2004 called “GHETTO SCRIPTURES.†his poems were played on 93.5fm radio. And 90.3fm radio… karast’ poetry speaks to the crying souls of every ghetto in America, and it was said of him; he is the Tupac Shakur, Marvin Gaye and Malcolm X of spoken word.
Pedagogy of The Oppressed, Black on Black Violence, Blood in My Eyes, Spook Who Sat By The Door, Stolen Legacy, christ Is' collection of Essays, Malcolm Speaks to the Youth...