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Speak VOLUMES X BIZZIE.

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Bizzie was born in Poplar Bluff Missouri on January 23rd, and currently resides in New York and attends college, holding a Associates degree, pursing her Bachelors Degree in Psychology. She speaks at many open venues in New York City as well as Westchester County. Bizzie fell in love with poetry in the second grade. All of her experiences in her life thus far are real life situations and are incorporated in her poetry.

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Bizzie was raised by her stepmother Candace Cabbil who exposed her to various opportunities as a child. Candace always sent Bizzie to museums, summer reading camps, operas, plays, and made sure she traveled excessively. By the age of 14 Bizzie had been to almost every state in the country and had been outside of the country. Candace instilled black power in her. Bizzie became obsessed with the Black Panther movement and African American History at a young age.  Candace’s intelligence always pushed Bizzie to strive for more. Bizzie was also a daddy’s girl and loves her father dearly.

 Though there was a strong mother figure in her life this didn’t alter Bizzie’s yearning for the presence of her biological mother. You can sense this yearning through her poetry. Yet and still Bizzie perseveres. She is now working on a mixtape called VENT. Bizzie has battle rapped on Spittaz League and will be battling on Queen of The Ring now. She is an extremely motivated individual and probably the most down to earth person you will meet.

Contact Bizzie directly: pages12390@yahoo.com 

 

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M’RELD GREEN X MAY 31st THEE OPEN MIC SPECIAL GUEST! X Street Poetry

MRELD GREEN will be LIVE in The Street Poets Den on MAY 31st!  -The Street Blogger

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(pronounced like the block east of Halsted)

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This talented wordsmith is more than a poet; M’Reld serves as an advocate for change and an artist responsible for her generation. M’Reld speaks the naked truth as she performs her poetry, speaking on a range of topics, which include social injustice, HIV/AIDS epidemic and everyday life issues.

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Her dedication to the generations to follow is shown through her daily teaching and working within several art programs linked to the Chicago Public Schools, as well as, the special events that she does regularly to support the knowledge and growth of youth. For the past three summers M’Reld was the headliner for the spoken word aspect of the Cook County Board’s Peace Festivals.

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Throughout the school year, M’Reld works with Black Star Project in their project encouraging the students of Chicago Public Schools to return to school each school year. She is also a teacher with the after school literacy program Open Book, that caters to teaching youth about writing and poetry, as an outlet for positive thought and change.

M’Reld is a staple within the community at events that promote peace and encouraging the students and leaders of the future to control their destiny.

M’Reld has been the opening act for a host of celebrated acts including The Last Poets, American Idol Winner Fantasia, MC Lyte, Raheem De Vaughn, Little Brother, Trey Songs, Kindred the Family Soul, as well as, Slum Village & Eric Robeson, Lady of Rage, Big Daddy Kane, Chicago’s own Common, and T.I. Each year M’Reld idds to the above list, most recently soul singer Jaguar Wright.

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M’Reld founded Verbal Balance – an ensemble of talented artists, which includes poets, writers, emcees, and performers – in 2005. Verbal Balance has performed in front of many audiences engaging them in this spoken word revolution. Under M’Reld’s supervision, Verbal Balance has hosted a weekly open mic for five years, one of the longest running weekly events in Chicago Spoken Word.

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Voted 2006 Chicago Truth Award winner for best Spoken Word Artist, and nominated again in both 2007, 2008, & 2009. M’Reld has performed at distinguished venues across the country from the Nuyurican Café to the House of Blues Chicago, and several locations in between M’reld also had the distinguished opportunity to perform on Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam, officially earning the title of Def Poet. And last year she starred on the recently released 4th season of BETJ’s Lyric Cafe. Currently on tour with Adam’s Rib, a Spoken Word ensemble of women poets and artists, founded by Tony Award Winning 10x Def Poet Georgia ME, M’Reld is lighting fires in venues across the country this summer.

Her powerful words and dynamic stage presence set the match for the poetry vs. spoken word debate.
Let the games begin.

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WRITTENINPAIN X HARD BOTTOMS: The Street Play (COMING SOON)

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 THE STREET PLAY

Written & Directed By:

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A story of a Famous Poet, and his Living Poem that he calls…his child.

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For more information about this play email info@StreetPoetsNYC.com

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TRAVIS LITTLE X REVOLUTIONARY X Mr. POETRY

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It’s not often that a legendary young man comes forth and spits poetry and Hip Hop in a manner that gathers everyone there…. in the manner.  Showing adoration for Poetry and Art in a manner that only our generation can. You Are. I Am. We Are. The Revolution. Mother is Watching.

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TL2Travis “Poetry” Little (born June 17, 1990) is a New Orleans singer, musician, poet and dancer. As the only child between his mother and father. He is the second youngest of five.

Poetry attended Abney Elementary, where he wrote his first poem and performed it at his graduation ceremony. Giving him his first taste of spoken word. He later attended St. Augustine HS taking up his passion of music while playing trumpet in the famous “Marching 100 Band”. There he learned about the great music of jazz and the art of musicianship. In college he help co-found “P.O.E. People” (Putting Out Expressive People) at Southeastern Louisiana University. Which has put on many performance around colleges, high schools, and charity benefit parties.

TL1During 2012, Poetry moved to New York CIty (place of birth) in order to gain a more intimate relationship with his biological father and follow his dream in spoken word and music. Since then, he has quickly become a rising star in the poetry community and has vowed to ” Not stop till I’m satisfied.”

TL4Travis Little brings a New Orleans swagger to the stage with his weird sense of fashion, his southern hospitality and an unique voice thats seems to have the crowd stuck and bewilder in amazement. He sometimes can blend into a crowd but not after he’s set fire to the stage or subway train. He’s is definitely a person you can’t forget. “Ya hurrrd me!”

-The Street Blogger

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U CAN CALL ME L.A. X BROOKLYN BADASS

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For L.atasha A.lcindor also known as L.A., this is about respecting the art. Embarking on her rap journey in 2010 as just a spoken word poet with a passion for Hip Hop, the “nonchalant badass” decided to take the rap game into her hands in her first ever feature, “We Got Bars I” cypher, & has hit the ground running ever since. Put the thoughts of Lauryn Hill, the wildness of M.I.A. and the passion of Kanye West into a blender with sprinkles of Lil Kim and Nas, you would dish, L.A.. Born in Brooklyn as Latasha Alcindor, L.A. has always had a connection to the arts, from dance, writing, acting, and now rapping.

Ladies and Gentlemen give it up for ME! The Street Blogger! I have done it again; brought you the illest in underground, breath-taking, I know. Okay..enough of me and my bullsh*t let’s get to the music. It’s simple. Good Art comes from the people who dare to dig deep and just speak of what they are seeing along the way. Yo, She’s a Poet, singer, EMCEE, and a pretty awesome person if I say so myself! Enough of me….back to L.A. Read on, watch on, thank you for TUNING IN. We appreciate you for stopping by here on StreetPoetsNYC.com. Peace Family. Mother is watching.

- The Street Blogger

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Since 2010, L.A. has performed in a multitude of major shows, including opening for Good Music’s Big Sean at NYU (2010), as well as Cali’s own Nipsey Hussle (2012). She also has rocked the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival (2011), headlined for Toronto’s “Yes Yes Y’all” (2012) and surprised stages at SXSW and A3C. Featured on MTV2′s Sucker Freestyles, MTV Rapfix’s “Get in the Game”, Rocawear’s “That’s Rocawear” campaign, & Reebok’s all-female cypher, “The Freestyle”, L.A. has showing her hunger and drive in a two year span but devotes herself to being herself no matter what. With two projects out, “The Presentation” & “The L.A. Riots: Mental Fatality”, L.A. shows her exponential growth and is only getting better, as highlighted when she was named amongst AllHipHop.com’s Top 25 Underground Artists of 2011, featured in a Vibe Magazine (2011) and Ebony Magazine’ SonicBoom article where she was noted to be “lyrically superior to 95% of the people who have major label deals”(2012). But still hungry and humble, L.A. is diligently working on her next project, “LALytes”: Revelations of L.ife A.ddict which is joined with short film series due for release in 2013. L.A. has intrigued fans all over the globe with her captivating wordplay and energy-filled performances, but if you were to ask why she does this, her answer would only be, “the art got me.”

L.A. – A PLACE (Video)

L.A. – That’s ROCAWEAR (Video)

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He Is… UNTAMED (Behold The Gentleman)

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FLIRTUS, A UNTAMED SOUL….

His stage presence is magic, his voice is immaculate, his passion for poetry burns into the audience as if they were consumed in a flame of lyrics…

This is what it feels like to witness Flirtus at his best. His world is UNTAMED and his life is what he speaks, hence why it is so easy for you to fall in love with this new breathe of fresh air when he steps to a mic. Flirtus is the name to a new breed of poets coming from the land of the Untamed Republic.

   

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Born in Brooklyn his biggest influences come from those things that can only be taught through experience. He found early in his life his gift for words, but writing stories would take a side role to his first love of Basketball. Luckily for him he chose the side chick of poetry and never looked back.
     Today Flirtus has done motivational speaking for the Build on project  in the Bronx and various other  high schools. He has performed and featured at various venues and colleges such as bus boys and poets, Nuyo Rican Poets Café, Santos Party House,  NYU, Brooklyn College, John Jay, BMCC, and Blue door Art Gallery where he also runs an open mic called  ’The Night i Became Untamed,’ and just came off his first tour with The Deans List tour.


 With his poetry he one day hopes to inspire, and change the minds of those that never believed to aspire for better. He believes you can’t change the world, but you can change you, and by changing you, you bring difference to the world around you. He just hopes to be the trigger to doing that for those surrounding him. Luckily for his audience His journey has yet to be finished, so stay tuned for the ride that he has in store because a Phoenix is about to take flight, one stanza at a time.

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AGELESS POET X April 10th

Ageless Poet, the man who fight for his right and took back his freedom. The Poet who makes you remember to remember to fall in Love with Poetry everyday. Ladies and Gentleman– this is for Ageless Poet. He’s featuring in Brooklyn soon and quit frankly you should def support this Poet. I only know of the greatest people in the world. I am blessed to say that the world will last one more day some day because of the diligence of this man. Go to this open mic on April 10th. Tell ‘em The Street Poets told you AGELESS was gon’ be there. Peace and Love Family. Check the bill!!! - The Street Blogger

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META4RIKAL MINDZ X MARCH 30TH X KATRA LOUNGE

Ladies & Gentlemen, as you know Street Poets Artistry Collective is a HUGE supporter of Meta4rikal Mindz and we want you all to share in the movement that we’ve joined forced with because Powerful is a Lifestyle, and Real recognize real. So take a Look….

 

Featuring:

Spit Nice

FloFokuz

Lhegend Carter

Emily Dawn Fournier

Blake Brooks

Equiano Mosieri

and I’ll see you at the show.

- The Street Blogger

 

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Hrsh Reyalitee is hosting this one by the way.

So you know that means it’s going to be an Oscar @&*(^&%#$*&^ night.

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A POEM: GO WITH THE FLOW

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I thought it would be dope to write a Poem.

I thought it would be even more dope if we all wrote the Poem.

Here are two lines to begin with, and EVERY POET, LYRICIST, or WRITER who graces this page will add TWO MORE LINES!!

Before you know we will have created a poem. A GREAT Poem. A Powerful Poem. That EVERYONE will hear about ;-)

(and your contact info, so if people can reach you as well!)

Yes, this is great for networking and meeting new Poets all over via STREETPOETSNYC.com.

Most importantly….you never know who needs to write, right now. You never know how needed to read your words.

First two lines of Poem:

I want a mouth so that I can pray to the Gods for water.

For I know that if a young man washes his hands properly, he can eat with Kings.

-Desmond (Follow Desmond on twitter at @ThaboDLedimo

Let’s keep this ART going. Post your next two lines in the comments below.

Don’t forget, leave your Twitter, Facebook, email, ANYTHING! So we all can contact one another and keep MAKING ART.

There will be a lot of people posting, so post while we still have room in the comments! Lol.

To make this interesting the 50th POET to add 2 lines to this EPIC Poem will get $50 from The STREET BLOGGER ;-) LEGIT! Via PayPal. So if you don’t have a PAYPAL, you can’t get the money :-/. I know you have bills let’s make ART build our homes.

This POEM ends MARCH 1ST

 I mean… we could all use 50 more dollars by tonight, Lol.

By that time..we will SHARE this AMAZING ASS FUCKING POEM WITH SOME SPECIAL PEOPLE. ALL CREDIT GIVEN TO THE AUTHORS. Yes…YOU.

START CREATING!!!

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If you disrespect, your Sh*t will be deleted faster than fast. EVERYTHING FAST!

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