Michael Franti Biography, Age, Weight, Height, Friend, Like, Affairs, Favourite, Birthdate & Other

One of the rare artists to use the powerful medium of music to explore social and political issues, Michael Franti has proved to be a musician with a moral conscience. This gifted spoken word artist, composer, poet and political activist began his musical career with the industrial punk/spoken word band, The Beatnigs’. He later formed the American industrial hip-hop band, The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy’, a fiery group whose music explored political themes.

Seeking further improvement and innovation, Franti founded the band Spearhead’. He pushed boundaries with his music and became the pivotal force in hip-hop’s renaissance, drawing from soul-driven beats and funk rhythms. With Spearhead’ he also explored new ideas and set on to a more provocative tone and style. Their debut album Home received critical acclaim from music critics.

Widely regarded as a master of contemporary protest music, Franti is an innovative songwriter, whose skilful songwriting abilities successfully blend flock, hip hop, punk, rock, and jazz. He also directed the documentary film, I Know I’m Not Alone, for which he captured raw footage from war zones in the Middle East.