 Later she turned to poetry inspired by the rap of 50 Cent and Tupac Shakur, writing under the name "Lyrical Babe".In 2004 she became more religious, began wearing the hijab and changed her "nom de plume" to "Lyrical Terrorist".Although her defence counsel has compared her poems to the esteemed British poet Wilfred Owen, Malik herself has called her poetry "meaningless".