Dahlak is a multi-faceted hip-hop artist, working primarily in theatre. Since launching onto the national spoken word scene by appearing on the last two seasons of HBO’s Russell Simmons’ presents Def Poetry Jam, Dahlak has showcased his seamless blend of hip-hop, theatre, and spoken word at over 100 universities throughout the United States and Europe, The Smithsonian, Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, The Apollo, The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Artist, REDCAT, MCA Chicago, Ars Nova, The Public Theater, SXSW, by Creative Time, and Off-Broadway on Theatre Row, NYC. Dahlak has worked closely with Marc Bamuthi Joseph writing and performing in several of Joseph’s critically acclaimed plays, including Word Becomes Flesh – presented at The Public Theater and Lincoln Center.