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...

Council on the Arts. Along with his brother Russell, Simmons established Def Poetry Jam, which has enjoyed long-running success on HBO. In 2004, Simmons published...

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...

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...

partner Stan Lathan, has also produced television hits HBO's Def Comedy Jam and Def Poetry Jam, and currently has a development deal with HBO. In 1996, Simmons...

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...

(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...

Champion, a YouthSpeaks Mentor, a featured performer on HBO's Def Poetry Jam hosted by Mos Def, appearing in Season Three with his poem "Grim Fairy Tale"...

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...

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...

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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...

seasons of HBO's Def Poetry Jam while touring, performing, and teaching nationwide with YouthSpeaks. He is a two-time Brave New Voice Poetry Slam Festival...

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...

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...

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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...

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...

poet and spoken word artist. He has been featured on two seasons of Def Poetry Jam on HBO (produced by Russell Simmons) and has been called the Lady Gaga...

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...

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...

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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...

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...

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...

appeared on Seasons 3-6 of HBO's Def Poetry Jam and was a member of Team Hollywood, which won the 2004 National Poetry Slam. His best-known poems include...

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...

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Public Enemy as inspirations for his work. Goodwin has been featured on Def Poetry Jam, and was part of the cast on the documentary film What's On Your Plate...