NEW SIGNING: MUSTAFA SHAKIR

We are absolutely thrilled to welcome rapper Mustafa Shakir to the Maximal Music Sync Roster!

Mustafa Shakir is a Harlem-raised Hip Hop artist who's collaborated with legendary producers Pete Rock (Nas, Biggie Smalls, CL Smooth, etc.), 9th Wonder (Jay Z, Rapsody ,Mary J Blige), Mark Batson (Dr. Dre, Eminem), and Maximal Music Sync’s own Voli Martung (Kudeta, Young Guru) and Goldfingz (Suicide Squad). He has started his own independent label ibreakrecords and continues to work with some of the best artists and producers in the business. Mustafa is also an actor and has earned critical praise for his starring role in the second season of Marvel’s Luke Cage, where he played super villain crime boss John McIver (Bushmaster). In addition to the Netflix series, Shakir is perhaps most recognized by fans for his role as Big Mike in three seasons of the HBO drama The Deuce written by David Simon, opposite James Franco & Maggie Gyllenhaal. Prior to this, Shakir had a prominent role as Victor, the aggressive and ultimately ill-fated henchman of Michael K. Williams’ Freddy, in the Emmy Nominated series The Night Of, along with roles in the 2017 action thriller BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99 and the Cinemax action drama series Jett. Up next, Shakir stars in the Netflix series COWBOY BEBOP, a live-action adaptation of the cult Japanese animated series, as “Jet Black”, a bounty hunter working from the spaceship Bebop.