Hashim

Person · Open Library

Born

1942

Works

27

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1965-11-26

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

60,416

Total plays

203,460

Jerry Calliste Jr. (born Gerald C. Calliste Jr., November 26, 1965, Bronx, New York) is an American entrepreneur, music industry executive producer, songwriter, record producer, music publisher and former DJ who is best known for the internationally renowned, seminal 1983 hip hop, electro-funk and dance music classic recording "Al-Naafiysh (The Soul)." In 1983, Calliste Jr. recorded under the name Hashim. Calliste Jr., 16, used a $50.00 Casio keyboard (combo calculator) to teach himself how to

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Gender

male

Place of birth

Medina

Place of death

Ajnala

Occupation

writer

Languages spoken

Punjabi

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