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Leap Life Tour 2027 NY/UK/EU [more dates TBA]
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09 Sep 2026
There’s a reason why “Robeson” is the first name listed in my poem Coded Language. His influence on my vision & understanding of what it means to be an artist began at a very young age.
When I was in 3rd grade, after being cast as Marc Antony in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, I came home from rehearsal one day and announced to my family that I wanted to be an actor. My father’s immediate response was, “I’ll support you as actor if you get a law degree.” My mother (photographed on the cover) immediately responded, “Then you should do your next school report on Paul Robeson. He was an actor and a lawyer.”
The research I did for that report led me to some very interesting questions like “What is communism?” “What is propaganda?” “What does it mean to be blacklisted?” It heightened my understanding of the power of art and inspired my trajectory as an artist.
Songs My Mother Taught Me: Why The Artist Must Take Sides is my first work of non-fiction that charts my (ongoing) political education and is a response to the often asked questions, “What radicalized you?” or “What is the role of the artist…?” SMMTM explores how art is used as propaganda and thus becomes the artists job to weigh or weaponize their work against this usage.
Written between April-August 2025, it’s glimpse into my background and thoughts beyond the captions.
Songs My Mother Taught Me:
Why The Artist Must Take Sides
Out September 8, 2026
Available for preorder now (link in bio)
ps. My debut graphic novel Martyr Loser King is now available wherever books or sold!
08 May 2026
I began writing Martyr Loser King in 2012. Since then, the entire universe that developed around it - Neptune Frost- the musical, its soundtrack Unanimous Goldmine, the albums MartyrLoserKing, the remix album ‘These Mthrfckrs’, along with Encrypted & Vulnerable- has unspooled an entire universe around these characters and their world.
When I first introduced to project to Mark Segal @23rdstbooks - in 2014-I had to explain the reality surrounding mining in the DRC and the region, the importance of coltan and colbalt in our smartphones, laptops, drones, gaming devices… and the irony that this digital technology was so deeply rooted in analogue forms of exploitation.
The book centers around the question, “What is mine?” Land confiscation, “Private property”, extraction, exploitation, sovereignty… are all themes rooted in the idea of the drum as the earliest form of wireless communication with fossil fuels and precious minerals carrying the compounded energy of our ancestors buried in this soil. The mass graves and uncharted genocides, as the invisible forces that make the soil “rich”.
Excited to be adding another element to this universe and grateful to @morgansorne and the beautiful team that helped bring this book to you. Martyr Loser King is available now wherever books are sold! Please support independent bookstores! Enjoy!
📸 @dreamstatesmeta
* special appearance by Eclipse 🐈⬛
ps. If you’re in LA come to our book launch @dynastytypewriter tonight!
28 Apr 2026
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07 Nov 2026
Listen to the pain in his voice. The endless suffering of Palestinians in Gaza. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
Thousands of tents broke overnight, and this young boy in Zaytoun neighborhood is one of them. The Sameer Project is getting hundreds of calls and messages asking for support, and we don’t have the funds to do it!
The military occupation closed the Egyptian borders a few days ago, and there are no tents or tarps coming in. War profiteers supported by the military occupation are hoarding tents and tarps, and hiking the prices making it impossible for anyone to afford them.
Our choices are to feel hopeless and angry, or mobilize and help as much as we can. The Sameer Project chooses the latter but we NEED your urgent help.
Donate urgently to the General Fund and share the crisis in Gaza with everyone you know.
07 Nov 2026
“This is the role of the artist. Bring us forward. Help us transform ourselves, our will, our imagination, our power, and our processing power, into something that shifts the scope of possibility for our children and our children’s children.” - @saulwilliams
Just finished this tonight. Thank you dearest @saulwilliams for this offering. This book is a reminder to keep going, fortify our broken hearts and continue to create as artists.
A must read. Gratitude and love.
06 Nov 2026
Today’s #LL4GazaShortTermGoals thread - 11/03 🔦
These are verified, time-sensitive needs such as children’s education, urgent medical care, and debt relief. Each goal has been confirmed as accurate and needs prompt support.
Please help us reach the goals below in time, visit https://lifeline4gaza.com and share widely ✨🫒
#Today’s #LL4GazaShortTermGoals for #179 (@fatherfromgaza), 0% completed → https://lifeline4gaza.com/share/179/rent/
Help Keep This Family Of 7 Sheltered
He is an engineer and the sole provider for a family of seven, including three young children. The goal is the rent so they can stay sheltered.
#Today’s #LL4GazaShortTermGoals for #2857 (HudaA25873 on X), 26% completed → https://lifeline4gaza.com/share/2857/medical/
Urgent: Help Baby Nour Get Lifesaving Medication, Milk, and Diapers
Huda’s baby Nour recently underwent surgery for kidney failure. She has not been able to urinate since, and further care is needed. The goal covers lifesaving medication, milk, and diapers so Nour can recover and stay safe.
#Today’s #LL4GazaShortTermGoals for #5271 (mlbd73746704 on X), 0% completed → https://lifeline4gaza.com/share/5271/shelter/
New Tent Needed to Shelter a Family in Gaza During Winter
A family in Gaza is living in a damaged shelter that cannot protect them from the cold and rain. Winter is close, and they need a new tent so they have somewhere dry to stay.
#Today’s #LL4GazaShortTermGoals for #4994 (sa_hr20 on X), 60% completed → https://lifeline4gaza.com/share/4994/education/
Help Sahar Pay the Remaining Amount for Her University Fees
Sahar is a multimedia student in Gaza. She still needs about $246 for her university fees. If it is not paid before the midterms she risks being expelled. The goal is that remaining amount so she can continue her studies.
03 Nov 2026
Saul Williams decided to brag about US over himself.
01 Nov 2026
I will carry this book wherever I go forever more
We live in a world that is sick with oppression, but we have black liberationists, to remind us who we are supposed to be.
This book resonates with me on so many levels
Rejecting the social conditioning that tells us to create art for its own sake
The way some of us have an abusive relationship with music… Saul Williams describes the exact moment he realised hip hop had fallen, infiltrated with the forces that seek to destroy all our conscious movements. “Entertainment” that zombifies. And it was a song I loved sooo much when it came out 🫣
The importance of trip hop! Of Brazil. (Big up @vempraflup !)
Of Amiri Bakara, Assata Shakur, Kwame Ture, Nikki Giovanni, and Paul Robeson…
Paul Robeson, who changed my life when I read his biography age 15, how he was demonised and smeared so that we would not engage with his message, such as:
Every artist, every scientist, must decide NOW where he stands. He has no alternative. There is no standing above the conflict on Olympian heights.
There are no impartial observers.
The artist must take sides
Thank you @saulwilliams 🙏🏽
Songs My Mother Taught Me
WHY THE ARTIST MUST TAKE SIDES
@haymarketbooks
31 Oct 2026
Saul Williams is summoning the ancestors at his listening seances.
31 Oct 2026
Saul Williams delivers a powerful message about music.
30 Oct 2026
We covered a lot of ground in our conversation with Saul Williams and we even came up with a killer idea for a song.
full episode out now
29 Oct 2026
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