When Emmanuel Jal first tried to get a record deal, he was met with a reaction all too familiar to many socially-conscious musicians. “I had record labels wanting me to change my style, they wanted me ...

It was a moment frozen in time – a 10-year-old girl, eyes wide with wonder, watching a music video that would remain with her for years to come. The song was "Sajni" by the Pakistani band Jal. As the ...

Jal, who describes his music as "gospel rap", has short shrift for many of the mainstream rap artists, such as 50 Cent, who have been criticised for glamorising violence. "Most hip-hop artists are ...

Emmanuel Jal's earliest memory is of being surrounded by his family, on a truck. Above them, a group of Muslim and Arab men are screaming that they are "abeeds"; slaves. "They beat my uncle and my mum ...

LONDON (Billboard) - Sudanese child-soldier-turned-rapper Emmanuel Jal admits that he had to tone down the lyrics of his new album, "Warchild." Sign up here. "If I described everything I've seen and ...

Emmanuel Jal doesn't know how old he is. He tells people he's 38. "I don't know exactly when I was born, just because I was born when my country was at war," says the chart-topping hip-hop musician, ...

Emmanuel Jal is a peace soldier. During the Second Sudanese Civil War Jal was forced to be a child soldier. He was rescued by an aid worker at age 11 and lived in a Kenyan slum. Jal fell in love with ...

Travelling at night is safer because of the absence of aeroplanes, but dangerous because of the wild animals, so which one do you choose?" asks Emmanuel Jal, one of Sudan's luckiest ex-child soldiers.