FOI Series: NOI Pioneer and Rock n Roll Hall of Famer Norman Thrasher Muhammad

The Allah Team Radio presents: “The History of the FOI Series”

"An Interview with NOI Pioneer and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Bro. Norman (Thrasher) Muhammad"

Norman Muhammad grew up in Detroit 1930's as the nephew of Jessie X Thrasher the FOI Drill Instructor under NOI Founders Master Fard Muhammad and the Hon. Elijah Muhammad. 

His early Detroit friendships included the likes of Malcolm X, Yusef Shah and his next door neighbor was Barry Gordy the future founder of Motown.

In the 1950s Norman was part of the Doo Wop scene and managed and eventually joined Hank Ballard & the Midnighters who created the monster hit and dance craze "The Twist".

In this interview, Mr. Muhammad will reveal the Nation of Islam and his relationship ties to Sam Cooke, Etta James, Nat King Cole, Joe Louis, Little Richard James Brown, Joe Tex and many others including Martin Luther King and Muhammad Ali, as well as his becoming a Record Executive and charting the success of acts such as Barry White, Melba Moore and Ramsey Lewis…and much much more including his relationships with the Hon. Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Imam W.D. Mohammed and the Hon. Min. Louis Farrakhan. 

Norman Thrasher was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2012 alongside his fellow Muslim Brother and Midnighter Bro. Captain Abdul Bin-Asad (Lawson Smith) who became the Southern Regional Captain of the Nation of Islam in the 1960s/70s.

Prepare to take a ride through memory lane with this Great Pioneer! Join us!

with host Wakeel Allah

THURS. 11/05/15 at 9pm EST
call in# 646-595-4289

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