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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

Marc Bamuthi Joseph has won four national poetry slams and appeared on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam. He’s been hailed by critics as being one of the most compelling and important spoken-word performance ...

From Broadway musicals to avant-garde theater pieces, the most well-known and talented people in the entertainment industry are at 92YTribeca. This intimate theater lets you get up-close to the action ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Simmons’ original Def Poetry Jam was a spoken-word poetry series hosted by Mos Def that ran on HBO from 2002-07. It was a spinoff ...

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 ...

The newly relocated troupe from up Columbus, Ohio, way makes its Valley debut with a performance by its slam team, a women-only slam, an open mic, and a special appearance by Lau (pictured), whose ...

If you're one of the prosperous few that can afford to subscribe to TigerTV's Total Tiger Movie Package, perhaps you ought to have tuned in to HBO last Sunday night for the season finale of "Def ...