Rahman Jamaal
- Actor
- Composer
- Music Department
Rahman Jamaal (McCreadie) is an emcee/educator from Redwood City, CA, founder of Rap Force Academy, owner of Afro Bushido Academy, SPC and Executive Director for Hip Hop Congress, Inc. He began acting, playing music and studying martial arts at the age of 6, and performed for numerous theater productions including American Conservatory Theatre (A.C.T.), West Bay Opera, De Anza College, Nueva School and Menlo School before his starring film debut as "Flip" in "The Beat" a record-setting independent feature at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. Since then he has become a member of Bay Area Theatre Cypher, a performance troupe of actors and emcees/rap artists from Northern California.
While studying Cinema-Television at USC on a full-scholarship, he became affiliated with Hip Hop Congress, a nonprofit network of artists and student-led organizations that took him across the nation as a performer and activist. In 2004 he began working on a cultural education initiative using rap as a teaching tool in community spaces, schools, juvenile halls, and non-profit organizations. In 2014, he won the Lennon Award for Hip Hop in the international John Lennon Songwriting Contest for his song "This Isn't Art" (also featured in "The Beat") and a Grand-Prize Award for World music for "Once Again", a collaboration with singer-songwriter-engineer Razteria in 2016.
Rahman Jamaal became the official host/MC for Adrenaline Worldwide in 2014, a martial arts competition founded at his dojo Adrenaline Martial Arts in Redwood City, CA. In 2022, Mr. McCreadie acquired his dojo and re-named it as Afro Bushido Academy, a social purpose corporation, where he currently teaches over 60 students in Self-Defense, MMA, Grappling, Weapons, Stunts, Dance, Fitness, and Extreme Martial Arts (XMA). Adrenaline Worldwide moved to Las Vegas in 2022 and launched the Adrenaline World Games at Mandalay Bay in 2023, where it was picked up by CBS and began airing on CBS SportsNet in August 2023. Rahman Jamaal is still the official MC/Host of The Adrenaline World Games.
While studying Cinema-Television at USC on a full-scholarship, he became affiliated with Hip Hop Congress, a nonprofit network of artists and student-led organizations that took him across the nation as a performer and activist. In 2004 he began working on a cultural education initiative using rap as a teaching tool in community spaces, schools, juvenile halls, and non-profit organizations. In 2014, he won the Lennon Award for Hip Hop in the international John Lennon Songwriting Contest for his song "This Isn't Art" (also featured in "The Beat") and a Grand-Prize Award for World music for "Once Again", a collaboration with singer-songwriter-engineer Razteria in 2016.
Rahman Jamaal became the official host/MC for Adrenaline Worldwide in 2014, a martial arts competition founded at his dojo Adrenaline Martial Arts in Redwood City, CA. In 2022, Mr. McCreadie acquired his dojo and re-named it as Afro Bushido Academy, a social purpose corporation, where he currently teaches over 60 students in Self-Defense, MMA, Grappling, Weapons, Stunts, Dance, Fitness, and Extreme Martial Arts (XMA). Adrenaline Worldwide moved to Las Vegas in 2022 and launched the Adrenaline World Games at Mandalay Bay in 2023, where it was picked up by CBS and began airing on CBS SportsNet in August 2023. Rahman Jamaal is still the official MC/Host of The Adrenaline World Games.
