Brooklyn, New York native, Fahiym Yasin is longtime writer, editor, lecturer, and higher education professional. With 12 years of professional journalism experience under his belt, Fahiym has produced numerous articles and feature stories for publications and websites, including Vibe and Variety. But his name gained recognition throughout his time at The Source Magazine, where he worked his way up the ladder from being a contributing writer in 2000, to Editor-in-Chief in 2005. In that time, he wrote cover stories on rappers like Lil Kim and Ludacris and posed questions as a special guest panelist to Democratic presidential candidates at the 2004 Brown and Black Presidential Forum. Fahiym has also lectured to students at Columbia University and has been an invited guest to numerous conferences and panel discussions dealing with youth, the record industry and the future of mass media. When he left The Source in 2007, he became the music editor for the Hearst Corporation’s lifestyle-gamer website, UGO.com (Underground Online). In April 2009, Fahiym's consulting company, Global Green Media LLC served as the co-organizer of the 3rd Annual State of the Black Student Summit at Florida A & M University, to discuss strategies on how hip-hop can “Renew America’s Promise” during President Barack Obama's administration. Some of the artists and personalities Global Green Media have had as clients include Sway Calloway, Talib Kweli, Fonzworth Bentley, Miss Info, Sha Money XL, Chuck Creekmur, and Van Jones just to name a few.
Since 2012, Fahiym has also been working in the field of higher education. He earned an M.A in Higher Education Administration from Stony Brook University in 2014, and in addition to working at Stony Brook at the Office of Multicultural Affairs, Fahiym has also worked at Pace University and Borough of Manhattan Community College-CUNY, and Hostos Community College-CUNY in various administrative capacities. He last worked as an academic advisor for the Liberal Studies Program at New York University. Fahiym is currently writing his debut book on Black manhood in the 21st century, "One Step Beyond."