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When your involved in a communal art form there are those that help you sustain your sanity, those that can say "yo, that was nice" and that is enough said, even those that say "yo, that was not so good, maybe you should rethink that" and that is enough said. To those artists who aren't too involved in trying to nurture the spotlight that had the time to speak and say "peace", "hello", "whatup" - something. GOTTA GIVE 'EM SHOUT OUTS.
So...
This page is livicated to those that have inspired me to keep going with what it is that I strive to do which is simply to write and be good at it.
ItsReaLight (Harriet Tubman Complex), ButtaFlySoul, Shay Butter (S.O.A.P.P), JivePoetic, Vannessa Hidary (Culture Bandit), Mo Browne, DJ Doughboy (miss ya), Rob Hylton, DtheSchizophrenic, Gemineye, FlowMentalz, Steve Donaldson (RBG), Kayo, Helena D. Lewis, Ebony Washington (POetLITICAL), Divinity, Abiodun Oyewole (The Last Poets), Ola Jendai, Kwame, DJ Sabine, EteranlMind Hotep, Kirk Nugent, Rain, Second2Last, Farbeon, Hakim the FunkBuddah, Kid Lucky and the whole of BeatBoxerEntertainment, Dougie Fresh (for allowing to be a groupie for 1 minute and allowing to snap out of it), Harlym 125, Boogie, Conquest, Kasim Allah, Iyaba Ibo Mandingo, the whole of MelaNation, the whole of NubianMindz, the whole of PoeticParadox, the whole of 6 Miles Deep, C-H-R-I-S, Andre Brown and the whole National Performing Artists Network (get up wit' it), Ed Mabrey (you did deserve it), Con Ticci XL, Tantra, Jaygeeoh, Jeremy James, Abby Dobson, RL the Gifted One (ALL THE TIME), Kool Breeze (KhajahKool Presents/Big Mouth Bout), Furious Lord, Shareef Ali, D-Cross (CrossConnex) congratulations, Stream of Conscious (Eklectic Gardens), Annointed-S, Jube, Nathan P., DJ Ayce International, Shawn Randall, Karen Rockower, Maya Azucena, Sydnee Stewart (Better Youth Organization), Bankole, Shaka, Ngoma and T'Shaka (No Restrictions Ensemble), Karen at the Sugar Shack (Striver's Lounge), Fisiwe, Buddah, Stan Neron, Stephanie Donaldson, Stella, Tariq, Damchula, S.P.E.K.S - Dro & Rojo,
Keith Boogie (NYPoets.com), Julian Curry, Giliane Roberts, SoulBath Collective (Sis Kenya, Baron, Shadeed - where ya at, Poetess), Bobby Johnson (worth more than a quarter), The Teens at the Jamaica Library who said "hi, I liked your poetry", The Teens involved in the LouderARTS project for helping me see where I want to grow with this, Brother Earl, Queen, Nafis Rasheed, Celena Johnson, Jffrsn, Matthew McMurray, Denis DeLa Cruz, anyone who bought a crocheted tam or hat, Todd Saadiq, Bless Ellis, Manny, Two Steps Down Restaraunt, Sharaka, Reggie Mason and Barry Crumbley(WORDSTOCK, INC. - you guys are the right commodity), Chyna Doll, True Poetess, Chuck D., Evermatic, Kinetic Ways, DJ Mano, DJ Ola, Uncle Sugar Johnson, Kevin Powell, Q (keep ya ears open for this one) Nzingha, Tracey Miche'l Lewis (Moonchild Enterprises), Frenchie Davis, Malcolm-Jamal Warner and to everyone whose name I never received but the message got conveyed.
There are more and there will be more....and when those meeting moments re-member themselves I will add your name to this.
PEACE AND POETIK LOVE
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