alaman is a singer, dancer, songwriter, and all-around entertainer from leimert park, los angeles. his name means “manifestation of a dream” in diola, the tribal language of his family from senegal.

a tap dance prodigy from an early age, alaman blends traditions from jazz to pop, afrobeats to r&b, all expressed through his soul of a dancer. he is the nexus of black diasporic art and culture, and wields all the tools to make good on his name.