‘bout Miguel

Much of my work starts with ordinary moments: neighborhood drives, looping phrases, and writing between the margins of daily responsibilities. I approach music and writing as practices rather than products—modes of observation and experimentation,where rhythm, language, and meaning emerge gradually through sustained attention.

My lineage is Hip-Hop, particularly artists who treat the form as narrative craft as much as musical expression: Nas, People Under The Stares, Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) MF DOOM, Jay-Z, A Tribe Called Quest (Q-Tip), 2Pac, and Madlib. Their work sharpened my sense of structure, voice, rhythm, and the ways personal history, politics, and interior life move through sound. Alongside this musical inheritance,I draw from writers working with memory, and collective experience—Toni Morrison, Octavia Butler, Yaa Gyasi, Edwidge Danticat, Laila Lalami, Junot Díaz, Patrick Chamoiseau, and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. Across music and literature, I’m interested in how narrative holds complexity, distorts time, and carries lived experience beyond the individual.

Thematically, my work explores desire, and identity, alongside the long afterlives of history—especially the legacies of African, Black, and indigenous forced labour and displacement; how these histories remain embedded in bodies, relationships, and imagination. I aim to open personal reflection into collective awareness, allowing the work to dwell in complexity without rushing toward resolution.

This work is for those who listen closely, reflect deeply, and support independent practice.

If my work inspires you or sparks your interest, I invite you to subscribe to my news letter. I keep this space free of paywalls and subscriptions—but you can support me by sharing my work, purchesing my work on Bandcamp, and visiting my store,

If you’d like to contact me, please reach out via and now maf at gmail dot com. (Email address is all one word).

With gratitude and deep bow,

and now Miguel