[1][2] He is also a founding member of The GroovaLottos, a multiple Grammy Award-nominated soul-funk-blues band, for which he is the keyboard player, a vocalist, and the resident songwriter.
As a student at Music & Art he studied viola privately at the 3rd Street Music School and also began studying piano and composition with his grandfather, noted band leader, arranger, and record producer for Decca and Southern Records in the 1920s, '30s and '40s, Allan H. Nurse.
[5] After college and graduate school, Mwalim chose to settle on Cape Cod as opposed to back to New York.
"[6] In 2000, Mwalim became a part of the Lincoln Center Theatre's Director's Lab program, and later held residencies at the Harlem Theatre Company, The POINT CDC/Live From The Edge theater, and the Bronx Writer's Center, where he presented his original plays and performance pieces as well as taught workshops in creative writing, filmmaking and drama.
He was also a very active presenter and performer at the Nuyorican Poet's Cafe, the Afrikan Theatre, and The Baggot Inn in Greenwich Village, where he led the house band.
His performance piece, based on memories of Mashpee of the past, "Backwoods People" was presented at the 1999 National Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem, NC.
He was recently named Filmmaker-In-Residence by WGBH, Bostons PBS television station, and will be the residency programs first narrative filmmaker, where he will be producing a film adaptation of Look At My Shorts, a collection of Mwalim's short plays exploring contemporary Black Indian experiences in Massachusetts.
"Mama's Hamper" a remixtape by The GroovaLottos Digital Album (2021 MGR/LM3) + Mwalim appears on at least 80 other recordings as a musician, singer, producer, and/or songwriter