Omar Musa, born Omar bin Musa, is a Malaysian-Australian author, poet, rapper, and visual artist, born 9 January 1984, Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia. Musa's career began in poetry, and he gained national attention as a runner-up in the 2007 Australian Poetry Slam. He won the competition the following year, performing at the Sydney Opera House. He also won the Indian Ocean Poetry Slam in 2009.
Much of Musa's early work explores themes of migration, Australian racism, violence, masculinity and loneliness. Musa has collaborated with various musicians and hip-hop artists, including Kae Tempest, Horrorshow, Kate Miller-Heidke, L-FRESH the Lion, Marc E. Bassy, Lior, Hau Latukefu from Koolism, Joelistics, The Last Kinection, Daniel Merriweather, Akala and Soweto Kinch.
Dead Centre is a 7-track EP released in 2016.
1 Freedom
2 Dead Centre
3 Lak$a
4 The Fisherman Song
5 The Past Becomes You
6 Strong Soul
7 The Razor's Edge
https://www.omarmusa.com.au/
