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Abu Qadim Haqq

Abu Qadim Haqq (born December 24, 1968), also known as Abdul Qadim Haqq and The Ancient, is an American visual artist born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. He is considered Detroit’s number one ambassador of art for world-renowned techno music artists, and his artwork is featured worldwide on classic records by Detroit techno labels, including records of Juan Atkins, Metroplex, Derrick May, Transmat, Underground Resistance, Kevin Saunderson, and Carl Craig. Haqq has served the techno music community through techno visual art since 1989. He is the founder of Third Earth Visual Arts, and his futuristic concepts are based on time travel. He majored in graphic illustration at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit and graduated in 1991. He is the creator of The Book of Drexciya.

Labels and projects: Metroplex, Transmat, Underground Resistance, Third Earth Visual Arts, The Book of Drexciya, Drexciya.

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