Poetri, “the poet,” is one of the top and most visible spoken word artist on the scene. He was blessed to be chosen as one of the first poets for the Peabody Award winning HBO series “Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam Presents”. Poetri was then selected to co-write and star in the Broadway critically-acclaimed play based on the HBO series, which garnered him his very first TONY AWARD. He was listed as one of the year’s “FACES TO WATCH” by the Los Angeles Times. People all over are talking about his already classic pieces "Krispy Kreme" ,"Money" and “Dating Myself”, which have been heard in major theaters around the world. From the festivals in Australia and New Zealand to the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles and the Beacon Theater in New York, his presence seems to be everywhere, even in the skies. He is the voice of the popular radio show on Delta Airlines called “Chart Attack”. He recently just had his theatrical debut in the hilariously funny comedy SO FRESH SO CLEAN. A movie about the day in the life of two Dry Cleaning employees.

Poetri, “the producer,” has written, produced and arranged over 150 commercials for radio and television for Nike, NFL Films, and BET. He has worked with such legends as Curtis Mayfield, Bootsy Collins and Nona Hendrix. Also, add some of today’s stars like LL Cool J, Malcolm Jamal Warner, Ahmir Thompson (The Roots) and Sarah Jones. He was selected to write and perform poems urging Lebron James to sign with Nike. He is currently working on the much-anticipated hip-hop musical entitled “BALL”. Poetri oversees the writing of poetry and songs for the lead character. He is one of the first poets in this new generation to smash the theory that “poets don’t make any money”.

Likes

• GOD
• Poetry
• Poetri.com
• Myself
• My family
• My Wife
• Writing
• Chicken
• French Fries
• Sleep
• Performing and this is in no particular order!

Dislikes

• Bad Drivers
• Myself somedays
• Other people sometimes
• Racism
• Sexism
• Dogs
• too many things to name really!