{"id":135915,"date":"2025-02-19T15:08:22","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T20:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/02\/19\/mahershala-ali-wants-to-see-a-documentary-about-kas-life\/"},"modified":"2025-02-19T15:08:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T20:08:22","slug":"mahershala-ali-wants-to-see-a-documentary-about-kas-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/02\/19\/mahershala-ali-wants-to-see-a-documentary-about-kas-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahershala Ali Wants to See a Documentary About Ka\u2019s\u00a0Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- no image --><\/p>\n<div><!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMahershala Ali is more than just an actor. The Bay Area native used to also have a rap career and still continues to champion the genre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHe was recently asked by TikTok user @rohnthugsnharmony about which hip-hop story he would like to see on the silver screen, and the actor gave an intriguing answer. \u201cThere\u2019s an artist that I love and admire that not enough people know enough about, a brother by the name of Ka,\u201d he said. \u201cAn extraordinary emcee. Him and\u00a0<a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/dj-premier-roc-marciano-armani-exchange-ep-1235896268\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/dj-premier-roc-marciano-armani-exchange-ep-1235896268\/\">Roc Marciano<\/a>, I think, laid the groundwork for a really relevant underground sound that has had a wonderful life in the last like 12 years or so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAdding, \u201cSo, I would like to see a documentary on Ka and his life. I know he\u2019s an extraordinary man, he was a friend, New York City firefighter, an extraordinary emcee, an amazing producer. I think the world needs to see that.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@rohnthugsnharmony\/video\/7460591308311203114\" data-video-id=\"7460591308311203114\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\">\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@rohnthugsnharmony\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@rohnthugsnharmony?refer=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@rohnthugsnharmony<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>A beast in these creative streets <a title=\"mahershalaali\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/mahershalaali?refer=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#MahershalaAli<\/a> speaks <\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - Jake Rohn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7460591270663326510?refer=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u266c original sound \u2013 Jake Rohn<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/ka-obituary-dead-1235803235\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/ka-obituary-dead-1235803235\/\">Ka<\/a> was a captain in the New York Fire Department who moonlighted as a rapper and a producer. He died suddenly last October at the age of 52, leaving behind a legacy that inspired a generation of rappers to make the music that they wanted to make. He often directed his own videos, shipped out his albums himself, and did meet and greets whenever he released something new so that he could interact with the fans supporting his dream of being an MC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAli is set to star in <em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jan5CFWs9ic&amp;ab_channel=UniversalPictures\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jan5CFWs9ic&amp;ab_channel=UniversalPictures\" target=\"_blank\">Jurassic World: Rebirth<\/a><\/em> alongside Scarlett Johansson this upcoming summer, and is still trying to make a <em>Blade<\/em> reboot happen, as the movie has reportedly been stuck in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cinemablend.com\/news\/2567365\/marvels-blade-movie-mcu-updates\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cinemablend.com\/news\/2567365\/marvels-blade-movie-mcu-updates\" target=\"_blank\">development hell<\/a>. In the meantime, you can check out his songs on YouTube, like <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c53CbxdVuoo&amp;ab_channel=Arszawin00\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c53CbxdVuoo&amp;ab_channel=Arszawin00\" target=\"_blank\">this one<\/a> featuring Planet Asia and Keith Murray.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/culture\/tv-film\/mahershala-ali-wants-ka-documentary-1235905418\/\">Aller \u00e0 la source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mahershala Ali is more than just an actor. The Bay Area native used to also have a rap career and still continues to champion the genre. He was recently asked by TikTok user @rohnthugsnharmony about which hip-hop story he would like to see on the silver screen, and the actor gave an intriguing answer. \u201cThere\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135915\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}