Tariq Nasheed


Tariq Allah Nasheed, also known as Tariq Elite, King Flex, and K-Flex, is an American film producer and author.

Books

Nasheed's books on dating and finding women include The Mack Within, The Elite Way, and The Art of Mackin'. Nasheed has also authored two advice books for female readers: Play or Be Played: What Every Female Should Know About Men, Dating, and Relationships and The Art of Gold Digging.

Film career

Documentaries

He has produced a documentary about the history of Haiti called 1804: The Hidden History of Haiti that was released in the fall of 2017.

''Hidden Colors'' series

Nasheed produced the 2011 documentary film Hidden Colors: The Untold History of People of Aboriginal, Moor, and African Descent. Nasheed's follow-up film and DVD, Hidden Colors 2: The Triumph of Melanin, was released in 2012.
In 2014, Nasheed released Hidden Colors 3: The Rules of Racism.
Hidden Colors 4: The Religion of White Supremacy was released in June 2016.
Hidden Colors 5: The Art of Black Warfare was released in August 2019. During a screening of the film in the UK, Nasheed was banned from entering the country by the UK Home Office as he was deemed "not conducive to the public good."

Feature films

In 2013, Nasheed released the horror film Dark Medicine, which he also wrote and directed.

Music career

Nasheed is the lead singer of the R&B musical group Mink Slide. Mink Slide's first album, Egyptian Musk, debuted at #12 on Billboard R&B Albums charts in 2018. Mink Slide's second album, Crushed Velvet, was released in April 2020.
In 1996, Nasheed, rapping with the group The Ghetto Dynasty, released the gangsta rap song "Get Ya Swerve On" and the dance song "Put One Leg in the Air" in a cassette under the label Ghetto Dynasty. In 1997, Nasheed, rapping under the name K-Flex and with the group The Ghetto Dynasty, released the gangsta rap album What's the Name of Yo Hood?. In 1999 K-Flex released the album Wash Yo Ass under the label Ghetto Dynasty.

Use of term "bed wench"

Nasheed has referred to black women who date interracially as "bed wenches" on social media. In using this term, which historically was used to disparage black women who were raped by their masters during slavery, he has revived and popularized its use.

Filmography