Simmons presents Def Poetry, better known as simply Def Poetry Jam or Def Poetry, is a spoken word poetry television series hosted by Mos Def and airing on...

instrumental role in the conceiving of and co-producing the hit HBO show Def Poetry Jam, and won a Tony Award for the Broadway version of the show. He is the...

Sugar and in television series such as Dexter and House. He hosted Def Poetry Jam from 2002 to 2007. Yasiin Bey was born Dante Terrell Smith on December...

Def Jam Recordings, a division of Universal Music Group, which had been created in 1984. Records distributed by another label, but released under Def...

Archived from the original on August 14, 2006. Retrieved March 20, 2007. "Def Poetry Jam: June 10, 2005 | Literary Kicks". Litkicks.com. June 11, 2005. Archived...

received a Peabody Award for the series Def Poetry on HBO. That same year, Lathan co-produced Def Poetry Jam on Broadway, which won a Tony Award for best...

York Times, Harper's, and The Nation. He has been featured on HBO's Def Poetry Jam, in addition to his Some People being broadcast on that station. The...

(1994) as Deonne Wilburn. In 2002 she appeared on Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam. Seales became publicly known as "VJ Amanda Diva" on MTV2 Sucker Free...

tour with Def Poetry Jam from 2001 to 2004. In January 2004, in Chicago, during one of her tours around the country for the Def Poetry Jam, she had a...

George is the co-founder of the award-winning "Russell Simmons Presents, Def Poetry Jam (HBO)," and the Founder of a growing "Genius Is Common" Movement. He...

most popular poetry night in Chicago and perhaps the nation at that time. He was eventually asked to come on Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam on HBO. He...

reaction to the September 11 attacks, he signed her to a deal with HBO's Def Poetry Jam. She recited original works on tour for the following two years. In...

on Season 2 of HBO's "Russell Simmon's Def Poetry Jam." The segment also featured artists including Malcolm Jamal Warner and legendary hip hop icon Rakim...

and the city that he loved." muMs performed his poetry on seasons 2, 3 and 4 of HBO's Def Poetry Jam, and was a member of New York City's LAByrinth Theater...

Simmons received a Tony Award in 2003 for her work as a producer on Def Poetry Jam on Broadway. Simmons is the author of the book Fabulosity: What It Is...

Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel. Inspired by underground hip hop, Def Poetry Jam on Broadway, and the work of artists like Suheir Hammad and Carlos Andres...

January 16, 2019. Lia McGarrigle (January 30, 2018). "These Vintage 'Def Poetry Jam' Videos Illustrate Kanye's Ambition From Day 1". High Snobiety. Retrieved...

Simmons Def Poetry Jam on Broadway, Chin has appeared in Off-Broadway one-woman shows and at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. She has also held poetry workshops...

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appearances in four seasons of the Peabody Award-winning television series Def Poetry Jam on HBO. Coval attended Glenbrook North High School, graduating in 1993...

Bubba Sparxxx. He has also contributed his spoken word poetry to Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam and the motion picture ATL. He appears on the Outkast...

Center and Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry Jam on HBO. TEDGlobal Fellow, featured performer at TEDGlobal Session 2010 Poetry workshops at the Esalen Institute...

in Def Comedy Jam in 1994. Epps began his professional career by joining the Def Comedy Jam tour in 1995 and starred in two of HBO's Def Comedy Jam broadcasts...

Sia's appearances on television were on Def Poetry; he later appeared in the Broadway version, Def Poetry Jam. He appeared in Slam in 1998 as Jimmy Huang...

on HBO's Def Poetry Jam and placed 2nd in Poetry Slam, Inc.'s 2007 Individual World Poetry Slam and won first place at 2007 World Cup Poetry Slam held...

Def Poetry. Two of her most well known spoken word poems are “Ice Cream Fiend” and “Waitress” which both were aired on the HBO show, Def Poetry Jam....

HBO's Def Poetry Jam. At the same time, he was touring, performing, and teaching nationwide with YouthSpeaks. He is a two time Brave New Voice Poetry Slam...

Black narratives and music. She produced the HBO television series Def Poetry Jam (2002) and Brave New Voices, PBS's The Women's List, and was associate...

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African-American artists to the Live 8 Philadelphia bill, including some Def Poetry Jam poets. After noticing the lack of hip-hop artists on the bill, Bono...