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Professor A.L.I., real name Kalyan Ali Balaven, is a San Francisco Bay Area based Hip Hop educator and rapper of mixed Tamil and West-Indian descents from Union City, California.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://athenianblog.athenian.org/blog/2012/08/13/teacher-and-student-collaborate-in/ )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://patch.com/california/unioncity/a-lesson-from-the-professor )〕 ==Biography== Professor A.L.I. is an educator, a U.C. Berkeley lecturer, and an instructor and administrator at The Athenian School. He currently teaches a University of California approved Hip-Hop History course entitled "Beats, Rhymes and Life" as part of the Blend-Ed Consortium (The Athenian School, College Preparatory School, Lick-Wilmerding, Urban School, and Marin Academy) in which his ''XFactor'' double-length LP is an integrated part of the curriculum.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.blendedconsortium.org/instructors-2015-2016/ )〕 He first gained notoriety as a rapper with ''Carbon Cycle Diaries'', which was his first solo studio album and due to both its strong artistic features like Raekwon of Wu Tang Clan, Killah Priest, Brand Nubian, and strong spiritual and environmental message.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.greenprophet.com/2011/05/islamic-eco-rap-muslim/ )〕 His subsequent projects continued to have thematic foci, such as permaculture on ''Emerald Manifesto'' and economics on ''Das Ka Rebel''. His current project, entitled ''Tamilmatic'' is slated for release in 2016.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.professorali.com )〕 As a Muslim artist, his work often contains Islamic stories woven into his lyrical narratives.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.illumemag.com/zine/articleDetail.php?The-New-Muslim-Cool-Islamic-Eco-Rap-13676 )〕 He has stated that he wanted to keep his creative persona separate from his classrooom teaching because he "feared knowledge of his personal artistic expression would derail his classes".〔 But since his dual role became known, he has used it in his classes.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Professor A.L.I.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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