The Bio/Booking Info
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Brother M.I.C. Poet… Playwright… Actor… Artist… Activist…

President/Co Founder:Poetree Chicago…www.myspace.com/poetreechicago

Founder/Writer/Artistic Director: On A Poets Block (Theater Group)

Co Founder. Facilitator: AEW (Artistic Expression Workshop)

Co-Founder: The C.O.O.L Gallery

Host/Founder Lyricst Loft and One Love Lounge

The Poet...

Slams:

Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards (finalist) • National Poetry Festival Slam at Chicago State University (Runner Up) •

Major Features:

Def Jam Showcase Detroit (feature) • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee/ with Afeni Shakur • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee/ with Rha Goddess/Jessica Care Moore/ Malik Yusef • University of Chicago /with Sonia Sanchez • University of Illinois/ with The Last Poets • Loyola University/ with Saul Williams • Black Fist Liberation Gala with Pam Africa and Fred Hampton Jr. • Lyricist Lounge /with Big Daddy Kane and Killa Priest • Epitome Chicago E2 with Floetry • Joes Chicago/ with Dead Prez/E.Badu/Common • Black August –Chicago • House of Blues w/ Triple Blak and Kevin Coval • Neo Soul Expressions series at Navy Pier w/Amel Larrieux and Jaguar Wright • Harold Washington Center w/ Tailb Kweli •House of Blues with Chicago AfroBeat Project and The Roots

VENUES HOSTED:

Jazz and Java • Some Like it Black Coffee House • Rituals Sundays at Intas • Supa Soul Sundays (Sinibar, The Funky Buddha Lounge) • First there was The Word at Ezuli (Guest host)

TELEVISION

WTTW Art Beat Chicago • WTTW Around Chicago • CBS NEWS PRESS •

Magazines:

Red Streak • Route 2000 (Poet of the month) • Master Magazine (Featured Poet) • Rolling Out • Plugged Magazine • Underlined Magazine • New City • Chicago Sun-Times

THEATER:

Some Like it Black Coffee House/Theater Presents Poetree Chicago…(Co-writer/Producer) 1.The Cypher/ Starts. 2.The Black Show 3.The Earth Show 4.Upon Reflection… • On A Poets Block: The Slam Scam (Writer/Director/Producer) • On A Poets Block Presents: Bob Marley Monologues (Writer/Producer/Artistic Director) • Najwa Dance Corps: Last Night A Poet Saved My Life • Najwa Dance Corps: Tell it Like it is I. • Najwa Dance Corps: Tell it Like it is II. w/Roger Bonigar and Stacey Ann Chin • Najwa Dance Corps: The voice with in my soul w/Ursula Rucker

DISCOLOGY:

Liberation Mix tape, “LIBERATION” (Kiro Communications) • Soul Unseen Mix Tape/Evidence of things UNSEEN, “When I met Poetry” (Kiro Communications) • Blood In My Eye Mix Tape, “Political Prisoners” (AIS Records/Black Fist/Frontline) • First Mic Thrown/The People B4 the Dollar) Mix Tape, “Splurge” (AIS Records/Black Fist Frontline) • Poetree Chicago LP, Positive Pollution (PC Records/Kiro Communications)

* THE GROUP WHO SAT BY THE DOOR: A rEvolution in 4 part Harmony" Featuring Sam Greenlee (Release Date 12/4/05)*

AWARDS:

Fred Hampton Image Award • Black Theatre Alliance Awards/Ira Aldridge Awards: -Best Performance in a Dance Program 1999 Najwa Dance Corps (nomination) -Best Performance in a Dance Program 2001 Najwa Dance Corps (nomination)

COMMUNITY ACTIVISIM:

Black Fist Feed the Seeds Tour (Baltimore/New York/Cincinnati /New Jersey / Philadelphia/ Chicago) • FREE Aron Patterson! Concert at Malcolm X College/ with Common • National Liberation Day/Welcome Home Fred Hampton Jr • Grammy’s in the Schools at The Hyatt Regency Hotel Chicago • Selected for the Illinois Arts Council Traveling Artist Roster/ with Poetree Chicago

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