Deeder Zaman
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| Native name | সাঈদউল্লাহ সময় |
| Birth name | Saidullah Zaman |
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| Born |
25 July 1978 London England |
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| Occupation(s) | Rapper |
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| Years active | 1993–present |
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| Website | www |
Saidullah "Deeder" Zaman (Bengali: সাঈদউল্লাহ দলিল সময়; born 25 July 1978), previously also known by his stage name Master D, is a British rapper and former lead vocalist for British dance rock group Asian Dub Foundation.
Zaman got involved with music when he was six years old and used to breakdance. He was nine years old when he first started making music and performed his first live performance aged 11. He used to rap with his sister, Parul. He was also a member of Joi Bangla Zaman grew up on reggae and hip hop music, and got into jungle in his teens.
Zaman's father is a homeopathic doctor, and his elder brother, Saifullah "Sam" Zaman (1965–2015, also known as State of Bengal), was a DJ and music producer. In 1987, Zaman became an original member of his brother's State of Bengal group which included MC Mustaq. Zaman attended Stratford School.
At the age of 14, Zaman joined the Community Music, a London-based educational organization that focuses on collective music making, at Community Music House in Farringdon where bassist Dr Das (Aniruddha Das) taught music technology and civil rights worker DJ John Pandit (Pandit G) helped him out as a youth worker. Zaman attended workshops teaching youths the basics of music technology. In late 1993, the three formed Asian Dub Foundation as a sound system to play at anti-racist gigs. The following year, they recruited guitarist Chandrasonic and evolved into a band. The final member Sun-J joined in 1995. Zaman was the lead vocalist for Asian Dub Foundation and was known as Master D.
In December 2000, he left the band after being inspired by activist work while recording the Asian Dub Foundation song "Free Satpal Ram" about a young man who was convicted and imprisoned for defending himself in a racist attack and being involved with the Satpal Ram campaign. He then devoted his energies to civil rights and anti-racism organizations. He has worked for National Civil Rights Movement, the Campaign Against Racism and Fascism, the Miscarriages of Justice Organisation and the Children with AIDS Charity.
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