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Kevin Powell is an African-American
journalist,
poet,
activist,
and lecturer.
He currently lives and works in Brooklyn. He was born
and raised in Jersey
City, New
Jersey. He went to Rutgers
University. He became well-known when he appeared
on the first season of The
Real World: New York in 1992.
From 1992 to 1996, he was a senior writer for Vibe
magazine. He writes most notably about hip-hop music
and politics.
He founded the nonprofit community-based group
Hiphop Speaks, which he describes as "a series
of forums and MC battles geared toward using hip hop as
a tool for social change." As
of 2005, he has frequent speaking engagements at colleges,
speaking about race issues, literature, and the history
of hip-hop. He is the author or editor of more than six
books
Poem By Kevin Powell:
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