A chip off the old block

Album includes the songs “I Got Vibe,” “Can’t Lose: Bully Proof,” and “Breathe DaDa.”

Jamal Belica is a chip off the old block!

(BOSTON) - “A chip off the old block,” that is what they are saying about Jamal Aldin Belica, the wunderkind who has just released his first EP album, “I Got Vibe.”

What is remarkable about this, aside from the quality of the lyrics, music, and production, is that Jamal is only nine years old and a student in the fourth grade!

His father, the well-known author and hip-hop artist Agron Belica who has two albums of his own to his credit, is naturally proud of his son’s accomplishments, not all of which are limited to the world of music.

Jamal is a proficient Brazilian jujitsu practitioner, loves to read books, actually enjoys playing with his younger brothers, and has started his own record label, “Aldin Entertainment.”

The album’s three songs are “I Got Vibe,” “Can’t Lose: Bully Proof,” and “Breathe DaDa.”

The last song, “Breathe Dada,” is addressed to his father. In it, Jamal keeps the entertainment flowing for his dad, even when the latter is not feeling well. Well done, Jamal! Congratulations! Keep it up! We expect to hear more from you in the near future.

He received his Ph.D. in 1978 in the Doctoral Program of Persian Literature for Foreigners at Tehran University. His doctoral thesis was A Comparison of the Quranic Stories of Surabadi With the Bible. Subsequent to leaving Iran in 1980, he worked as an English teacher in the U.S. and Saudi Arabia before retiring in 1997. He now resides in Arizona and has translated several books from Persian into English, including Kashifi’s The Royal Book of Spiritual Chivalry and Ghazzali’s The Alchemy of Happiness.