Nawaz, Aki

Nawaz, Aki

Aki Nawaz

13 August 2011Feature

"When they see us, they think Rage Against The Machine was for kids" - Aki Nawaz talks with PN about music, free speech, gender and Islam.

Over the summer there was a minor media storm as, in the run up to 7/7, journalists and politicians heard about Fun Da Mental's new album All is War. It's a provocative and challenging album (see review opposite) and the track that caught the media's attention is called Cookbook DIY. We caught up with main man Aki Nawaz and, at his request, tried to ask him some “hard” questions!

 

PN: The mainstream media have given you a seriously hard time over the album…