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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Alpha_Quadrant ^(talk) 04:11, 9 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

M-1 (rapper)

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This person is not a notable figure, and virtually unheard of as a musical act. Cheekytrees (talk) 03:38, 21 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

M-1 is part of a duo that has sold over 300,000 records and meets at least 8 of the 12 notability guidelines for musical groups (1,2,4,5,6,7,10,12). Individually, he has a number of documentary film and acting credits and has received coverage (as an individual as well as part of Dead Prez) for both his political activism and musical career. Saying he's "virtually unheard of" as a musical act makes no sense at all. Isonomist (talk —Preceding undated comment added 05:47, 22 September 2011 (UTC).[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. — — alf.laylah.wa.laylah (talk) 03:56, 21 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, M-1 is well known as both a rapper and an activist, and as above, meets most of the notability guidelines. SalfEnergy 22:04, 23 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, M-1 has his individual artistic line of work (album, also featured in other artist releases, etc) in addition to being a well-known even outspoken spokesman and activist for left-wing causes. He is also in films, for example as an actor in Broken Rhyme directed by Detdrich McClure (2006) and is appearing in a documentary Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal directed by Stephen Vittoria due for release in 2012. Following request for deletion, I have developed the article considerably to address genuine concerns by colleague who has requested deletion. werldwayd (talk) 14:23, 24 September 2011 (UTC) werldwayd (talk) 14:29, 24 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, v/r - T P 02:09, 28 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, The Bushranger _{One ping only} 00:12, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per the above - looks like he's notable. Some more references would be nice, and the imdb link isn't a valid reference, but there's enough here to satisfy policy. UltraExactZZ ^Said~ Did 14:47, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.