(The Root) — Harlem’s MIST Theater welcomed in a familiar sort of artistic renaissance on Wednesday night, one that had begun in 2002 and been centered on featuring the country’s top spoken-word ...

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Critics and audiences alike shouted their approval when spoken word came to the Great White Way in November 2002 by way of "Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam on Broadway." Further proof that the ...

NEW YORK -- There were plenty of skeptics when hip-hop entrepreneur Russell Simmons and producer-director Stan Lathan started talking about taking their "Def Poetry Jam" television showcase to ...

Suheir Hammad, a Palestinian-American poet, performer and activist, gave an innovative, percussive performance in List 120 Wednesday night. Met with cheers and applause, Hammad turned an apparent ...

Danny Simmons' Def Poetry Jam is a form of poetry typically based on urban culture and themes often with an expressed focus on the African American experience. While diverse, there is certainly a ...

Def Poetry, also known as Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry or Def Poetry Jam, which was co-founded by Bruce George, Danny Simmons and Deborah Pointer, is an HBO television series produced by ...

According to Bruce George, executive producer of HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, true success means doing “something you eat, drink, sleep and breathe.” George’s lecture last night in Warren Hall, sponsored by ...

Will “Da Real One” Bell, a rising spoken-word star who has appeared on Russell Simmons’ “Def Poetry Jam,” returned triumphantly to Miami last month after his poetry team finished fifth in a national ...