IKE TORRES

IKE TORRES IS A SPOKEN WORD ARTIST FROM SACRAMENTO,CA. HE STARTED PERFORMING AT MAHOGONY URBAN POETRY SERIES HOSTED BY KHIRI MALIK IN 2005 AND HASN'T STOPPED EVER SINCE. A TWO TIME SACRAMENTO SLAM TEAM MEMBER (2005-2006) AND BECAME SACRAMENTO GRAND SLAM CHAMP IN 2006 AS WELL A PODSLAM ALL-STAR. HE HAS PERFORMED IN TEXAS, NEW MEXICO, LAS VEGAS AND THROUGHOUT THE BAY AREA. IKE HAS WORKED WITH YOUTH IN THE SACRAMENTO/OAKLAND NATIVE TANF AND CURRENTLY WORKS WITH THE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH OUR WORDS TEACHING YOUTH HOW TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES THROUGH THE USE OF LITERACY AND SPOKEN WORD. HE HAS ALSO BEEN A GUEST SPEAKER AT SEVERAL JUNIOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN CALIFORNIA. HE HAS SHARED THE STAGE WITH TALIB KWELI,TALAAM ACEY, BUTTERSCOTCH, TSHAKA, ANDREW TYREE, BUDDY WAKEFIELD, MIGHTY MIKE MCGEE,AMIR SULIMAN,STEVE CONNEL,ANDREA GIBSON,ANIS MOJANI,ALVIN LAU AND MANY OTHERS. HE HAS VOWED TO GRIP THE MIKE WHITE KNUCKLE GRIP AND SPREAD THE ART OF SPOKEN WORD LIKE WILDFIRE.