Haydar's debut song, "Hjabi (Wrap My Hijab)", went viral. "Billboard" named this 2017 single one of “The 20 Best Protest Songs of 2017” as well as one of the “Top 25 Feminist Anthems." The song builds bridges of hope and understanding while dispelling myths, correcting stereotypes, and educating the world about who she is and what she stands for. The song launched her career as well as creating positive reception. NPR called her debut video for “Hijabi (Wrap My Hijab)" “reminiscent of "Lemonade"”, and that the visuals “channel Beyonce”. The video was included by the De Young Museum in San Francisco in an exhibit on Muslim women's fashions in 2018. Haydar's second single "Dog" featured Jackie Cruz of "Orange Is the New Black". The video featured a public service announcement about violence against women, taking on the global problem of toxic patriarchy. Her other song, "Suicide Doors", she wrote to deal with the suicide of one of her friends. The culture of Flint, in which she grew up is the reason Haydar to become a lover, student and creator in hip hop culture. She cites the likes of Mos Def, Lupe Fiasco, Lauryn Hill and others as inspirations to her for representing themselves and their religion in music proudly and without compromise. In 2018, Haydar spoke alongside Katie Couric at the media festival SXSW. She also appeared in Couric's National Geographic show "America Inside Out". On March 28, 2018, she was featured on the CBS Evening News for her "resistance music". The Emmy-nominated series "The Secret Life of Muslims" by Josh Seftel featured her and Sebastian. Their episode remains the most viewed episode of the series. In July 2018, Haydar appeared on Marcus Samuelsson's PBS show "No Passport Required", where she showed him around the studio where she recorded her first two songs. In November 2018, Haydar released her song "Lifted". "Lifted" encourages community building and healing from imperial and colonial wounds through the strategies she learned from James H. Cone and others while getting her master's. Her debut 2018 EP "Barbarican" was met with positive reviews. In 2020, Haydar took part in the online Call to Unite program which was put on by Tim Shriver amidst the Corona Virus Pandemic which aimed to help those most vulnerable.