Mumia 911

Album: The Unbound Project, Vol. 1 (2000)
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Songfacts®:

  • The Unbound Allstars was a collective assembled to record this song, which takes up the cause of Mumia Abu Jamal, an activist imprisoned for killing a police officer. Members of the group were Zach de la Rocha, Chuck D, Black Thought, Pharoahe Monch, Divine Styler, M. Sayyid, Jean Grae, Goldii Lokks, Wise Intelligent, The Last Emperor, Dead Prez, Slimkid3, P.E.A.C.E., Tragedy Khadafi, Aceyalone, Channel Live and Afu-Ra.
  • This song raised money for Mumia Abu Jamal's legal defense. He got the death penalty, but that was reduced to life in prison in a 2011 ruling.
  • This is far from the first song about Mumia Abu Jamal; in 1995, KRS-One released "Free Mumia" on the same topic.

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