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How Riz Ahmed Is Changing the Culture, One Project at a Time

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Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards, Features EditorRiz Ahmed knows about breaking barriers. For one, he was the first Muslim and the first South Asian actor to win a lead acting Emmy Award (in 2017 for “The Night Of ”).

But the actor, producer and rapper has long followed a specific mantra when it comes to choosing his projects.“I want to know, ‘Does it stretch me?

Does it stretch culture?’” says Ahmed.That’s what led him to his Oscar-nominated turn in last year’s “Sound of Metal,” in addition to creating tracks for his 2020 concept album “The Long Goodbye,” which takes a look at the U.K.’s historical and current relationship with South Asians and British Asians.

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