If Intersectionality Were a Person: Brother Ali
Hood Politics with Prop
Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 875 Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2026
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
This interview was a long time in the making! Today we talk to rapper, activist, Imam and all around dope dude Brother Ali. We talk about literally everything from the construction of whiteness, to the feeling of having your humanity questioned.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.4 | CoolZone Media. |
| 0:08.7 | All right. |
| 0:09.8 | Officially talking now. |
| 0:11.7 | What's up y'all? |
| 0:12.4 | The Politics with Prab. Honestly, brother Ali, this conversation has been in my head in some way, shape or form, probably since the inception of the show. It was like at some way, shape, or form, probably since the inception of the show. |
| 0:39.6 | It was like, at some point, this combo has to start. |
| 0:43.6 | And I think some of the holdup is like, all of our, all of the friendships or even the |
| 0:52.8 | interviews, the relationship I've had with anybody that I've |
| 0:55.8 | loved and respected, have all been organic. |
| 0:57.8 | Like, I've never, like, chased anyone down. |
| 1:01.0 | They've all just been like, let me just wait for God to open the door. |
| 1:03.9 | You know what I'm saying? |
| 1:04.8 | And it, and then it happens. |
| 1:06.6 | You know what I'm saying? |
| 1:07.5 | So this was one of those ones where I was like at some point, this is go |
| 1:12.7 | happen. So officially, this is Brother Ali. Hello, brother. How are you? Man, I'm so honored to be |
| 1:20.9 | with you, man. And the thing is like, we already know each other just because we both know MERS. |
| 1:25.4 | So it's as organic as it gets. If you love Mers and Mersz loves you, which is, it's a big circle. Yeah. But it's a very special, it's a special place to be, man. And Mersh's heart is a beautiful place to be. Facts. And so anybody that Mersh loves and anybody that Mersh talks about the way that he's, like, I have felt like I've |
| 1:44.3 | known you for a long time. |
| 1:45.7 | We just haven't hugged yet, but. |
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