Review: Brandon Ash-Mohammed, Capricornication

Capricornication is everything you’d expect to hear when you’re listening to a Black Gay man of Muslim and Trinidadian heritage, talk about his daily life experiences with racism, body-shaming, break ups, and No Frills. 



Brandon Ash-Mohammed begins his humorous and inspiring album by telling his audience “I look like a nut, I have a nut in my name, but I’m a legume,” as the whole crowd cracks at the clever comparison. This brilliant analogy shows the distinction of himself and his identity. Ash-Mohammed is saying that you could look like one thing, but be completely different than what is expected.

Ash-Mohammed then jumps into his personal experiences with being ethnically ambiguous, and how his individuality is always challenged by others based on his physical appearance. Ash-Mohammed talks about a racist encounter with a drunk white man who told him to “go back to Pakistan,” unaware that he’s a Black person. Ash-Mohammed describes being body-shamed by his Trinidadian relatives because of “Being Thicc".

Brandon tells these stories using his unique way of storytelling throughout his album - the first comedy album ever released by a Gay Black Canadian - and how he found comfort in his body and accepted himself, as he is. The Canadian comedy scene will begin to look differently thanks to comedians like Brandon Ash-Mohammed.

Capricornication was released June 20, 2020 on Howl & Roar Records
Listen to it here.

Being Thicc · Brandon Ash Mohammed Capricornication ℗ Howl & Roar Records