A Spiritual Jihad, Via Hip-Hop

“Real hip-hop heads know that Islam and hip-hop have been longtime friends, feeding off each other’s energy. Muslim ideals of self-respect and social change have inspired some of the greatest emcees, and hip-hop is giving voice to the dreams and daily struggles of a generation of Muslims.” The new documentary New Muslim Cool looks at the phenomenon through a Puerto Rican-American drug dealer-turned-Muslim family man.