Ansar El Muhammad (born Ricky Murdock), better known by his stage name Askari X, is a hip-hop artist from Oakland, California.
In an autobiographical song titled "Moma"[1] Askari X refers to experiencing domestic abuse against himself and his mother when he was 7 years old.
The neighborhood of 72nd and Lacey Street in Eastmont, Oakland, where some of the RBG crew grew up, was referenced in later Askari X songs.
He has performed and recorded with Seagram, Rappin Ron & Ant Diddley Dog, 3X Krazy, Tajai from the Hieroglyphics, Mr. Ill, The Delinquents, & The Whoridas, Stic.Man of Dead Prez.
He co-produced the album by Dead Prez (M1 + stic.man) Presents – Get Free Or Die Tryin (Turn Off The Radio: The Mixtape Vol.
In one interview[2] between prison stints, Askari X referred to jail as “the hidden university,” saying that he wrote much of his rap material there.
[3] Askari X has been credited by some sources as having created the term RBG as an acronym for "Righteous Black Guerillas" before Dead Prez.