Ramdasha Bikceem

Ramdasha Bikceem is an American writer, singer, and musician. They published the pioneering riot grrrl zine GUNK in the early 1990s, which explored intersections of race and gender in punk and skateboarding.

History Bikceem was raised in New Jersey in the 1970s, by parents into music and art. They were influenced by Joan Jett, X-Ray Spex, Grace Jones, Lunachicks, Run DMC, and Queen Latifah. Excerpts from GUNK were reprinted in The Riot Grrrl Collection anthology, compiled by Lisa Darms from the Riot Grrrl Archives at Fales Library at NYU.

Bikceem started playing guitar when they were around 14 or 15.

Bikceem moved to Brooklyn, New York in 1993.