In celebration of National Poetry Month, Smoke the Mic is featuring poet and lyricist Umar Bin Hassan this Monday night. As the tale goes, Bin Hassan sold his sister’s record player to buy a bus ...

FLINT, MI – “This is not a performance group,” said The Last Poets member, Abiodun Oyewole. “We are truthsayers. That’s what we’ve always been.” The intimate crowd of around 30 people listened with ...

FLINT, MI — If you’re searching for an experience with historic prevalence combined with Black excellence to celebrate Juneteenth, look no further. The Last Poets group will perform as headliner of ...

Back in the day, the Last Poets were the reigning princes of African-American performance poetry. They developed a loyal following with their forceful performance style, irresistible beats, and lyrics ...

‘These fellow Black artists who — at that time, it’s all new, it doesn’t exist yet — they said, “Black people don’t like poetry.” So I said, “They’ll like mine.”’ GYLAN KAIN, the Harlem-born founder ...

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