When Emmanuel Jal first tried to get a record deal, he was met with a reaction all too familiar to many socially-conscious musicians. “I had record labels wanting me to change my style, they wanted me ...

When South Sudanese musician Emmanuel Jal performs, he expresses joy with his whole body: flailing limbs, whipping hair, bouncing on the spot. His sister and creative collaborator Nyaruach – she goes ...

“Peace is justice, equality, freedom for all. Peace is when my belly is full.” Those are the words of rapper and peace activist Emmanuel Jal, who says he has been using his own childhood stories to ...

Rapper Emmanuel Jal was one of the "Lost Boys" -- youths caught up in violence in Sudan. He later escaped to Kenya. Now he's making music about peace. Jal's new CD, Ceasefire, pairs him with Abdel ...

Emmanuel Jal was born in the early 1980s, not long before his home country of Sudan descended into civil war. The violence tore his family apart and he became a child soldier to survive. Emmanuel is ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. South Sudanese Canadian artist and peace activist, Emmanuel Jal today ...

South Sudanese Canadian artist and peace activist, Emmanuel Jal today releases his 7th studio album, Shangah via Gatwitch Records and shares the video for the album title track. "Shangah means 'I am ...

One of the reasons the drama “The Good Lie” is so compelling leans on a sofa at the Four Seasons hotel in downtown Denver. His back to the hotel suite’s swank living room, South Sudanese singer and ...

Emmanuel Jal is a peace soldier. During the Second Sudanese Civil War Jal was forced to be a child soldier. He was rescued by an aid worker at age 11 and lived in a Kenyan slum. Jal fell in love with ...

Emmanuel Jal speaks in melodic lyrics as if music is his native language. Always carrying a message of purpose and perseverance with his internationally renowned hip-hop music and story of overcoming ...

In the war-torn region of Southern Sudan, Emmanuel Jal was born into the life of a child solider on an unknown date in the early 1980s. Through unbelievable struggles, Emmanuel managed to survive and ...