Ashley Anthony Chin (born 21 August 1982), also known by his stage name Muslim Belal, is an English actor, screenwriter, spoken word poet and rapper of Jamaican descent.

With music and poetry, Chin performs under his alias "Muslim Belal" and released his debut studio album, Pray Hard in 2009.

[5] He grew up with his mother, Andrea Ellis, and elder sister, Kareena Chin, in a South London council estate.

[10] The former street gang[11] and musical collective was called SMS 'South Man Syndicate' (later known as South Muslim Soldiers),[12] and he was known at the time as Smalls.

In 1999, Chin began his acting career in the BBC film Storm Damage directed by Lennie James.

In December 2005, under this stage name, he performed at the inaugural Global Peace and Unity Event in the ExCeL Exhibition Centre organised by Islam Channel.

[25][26] He also had supporting roles inHolbyBlue,[22] The Fixer,[27] and Law & Order: UK during this time[28] In July 2008, Chin performed at the Islam Expo in Olympia, London.

The song featured Chin along with artists Rizwan Hussain, Abdullah Rolle, Khaleel Muhammad, Labbayk and Mecca2Medina.

[34] Ashley Chin released his debut studio album Pray Hard on 15 August 2009 by Halal Dawa Records under his alias Muslim Belal.

[36] In February 2011, Ashley Chin took his talents to the United States and performed at the Saint Louis University Muslim Student Association Annual Conference.

[6][41] The film also stars Ashley Madekwe, Jason Maza, and co-stars Adam Deacon,[citation needed] David Harewood[42] and Giggs.

The film is about a young man's attempts to move away from a life of violent crime, with the help of a wholesome country girl who comes to stay with his friend in the city, only to find himself the target of retaliation.

The film was the winner for "Project 7"[55] It was directed by Henry Blake, written by Daniel Bailey and produced by Scruffbag Productions.

It premiered on 17 April 2012 at the Lexi Cinema in Kensal Rise, London along with the runner-up of "Project 7", premiered during a special screening[56] From October to December 2012,[57] he played the role of Escalante in Frank McGuinness's Damned By Despair, the English translated version of Tirso de Molina's 1625 play El Condenado por Desconfiado, at the Royal National Theatre.

[61][62] From May to August 2013, he played the role of Mercutio in a National Theatre production of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in Ben Power's version for young audiences.

[63][64][65] In November 2013, he performed at the Global Peace and Unity Event, where he launched his very best of compilation album Black Slave.

The Essence is a short film that was released on 12 April 2019 on Giggs' YouTube channel that is inspired by the soundtrack of Wamp 2 Dem.

It is a coming of age story about a South London boy who finds faith in Islam to escape gang life.

He travels to Egypt to find his faith in life again but he must return to keep a commitment to his best friend's, fatherless daughter and face the past.

[78] In June 2014, he visited Pakistan to deliver a lecture and record television interviews at Dreamworld Family Resort in Karachi.