Mohammed Soriano-Bilal

Mohammed is best known as "the even-tempered, dread-locked rapper guy” on MTV's REAL WORLD III: San Francisco. He is also a diversity consultant, a musician, a poet, and an extraordinary writer who educates audiences about some of today’s social ills. As facilitator of over 300 diversity presentations and workshops worldwide - with clients that include Lucent Technologies, Progressive, Boston College, and the US Treasury - an MA in Diversity Studies, and 13 years spent creating fun, innovative ways to enjoy difference - Mohammed has positioned himself as one of today’s top diversity consultants. His 12 Steps to Appreciating Diversity has helped thousands to embrace and incorporate social justice and equity into their daily lives. Midnight Voices, the live instrumentation Hip-Hop band Mohammed started with his best friend, Will Power, in 1990, has toured worldwide, and has won numerous awards including two SF Whammies and one Bay Area Music Award for best Hip-Hop group. Mohammed's first solo album, Beatbox Metafiction, is already being touted as “groundbreaking” for it’s sensitive lyrics and use of world music. Mohammed has collaborated and/or performed with such luminaries as Santana, The Ohio Players, Michele Shocked, Public Enemy, Ben Harper, De La Soul, Goapele, Martin Luther, and Primus. His music has been featured in the Sundance Award-winning film, Drylongso, and on TV shows such as Moesha, and NBC’s mini-series, Kingpin.