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Lady G aka Gia Shakur

About Me

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After I killed my hope that could have crawled into a dream he told me,"Mommy, be cautious be in the streets of Melrah"Born and raised in Harlem, New York. Gia Shakur has been writing since the wee ages of 11. She vowed at an early age she would be a poet after reading Willie Perdomo's Where a Nickle Cost a Dime. At age 14 after finding a flyer for Urban Word NYC she joined the organization as student, youth mentor and the WordWide youth board member. At 17 she had already performed at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Bowery Poetry Club, BAMcafe, The CUNY Graduate Center, Barnard College, Sarah Lawrence College, Yale University and several other universities, colleges and organizations. She won the First Annual Cooper Union Borough Poetry Slam (repping Harlem of course) and was one of the feature poets of the 2004 Urban Word NYC Slam Finals.Shakur's poetry reflects her life growing up in Harlem. "I write for my friends. People I love, things I feel could change. Or I'd be reminiscing on when I used play in chaos like it was nothing. Just everything that has made me and is making me at this point. I dont try to get too complex..." she said recently in a interview.Her work has been featured in Urban Word Anthologies (books and LP), The Brooklyn Rail, MNN and Good Morning America.Presently she is a the founder of the Harlem Alliance a group of poets, emcees, singers, producers, actors/actresses, photographers and visual artists dedicated to social change in Harlem and worldwide. Matriculating at City College it is no surprise she is a double major in English/Film and minors in Black Studies.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/20/2007
Band Website: www.norelationtotupac.blogspot.com
Band Members:
Influences:Willie Perdomo, Lil Wayne, Ntozake Shange, Saul Williams, Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blidge, MC Lyte, Tony Matterhorn, The Last Poets, Notorious B.I.G, Big L, Jay-Z, No Doubt, Orgy, Kanye West, The Fugees, Nas, Lauryn Hill, Jessica Care Moore, Bob Marley, Capleton, Charles Hamilton, Lemon, Lil Kim, Jim Carroll, Young Jeezy, Aerosmith, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Macy Gray, Beau Sia, Avril Lavigne, Camron, A Tribe Called Quest, Rakim, Blackstar, Korn, Amy Winehouse, Beck, Common, Dead Prez, Foxy Brown, Tanya Stephens, Incubus, Jimi Hendrix, Erykah Badu, Lupe Fiasco, Pharell, Wutang, Peggy Lee, The Pixies
Sounds Like: Harlem in the middle of July and Brooklyn in December
Record Label: Block Star Ent./ Black Lily Production
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

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Black street hooker debutante/ Rocking and riding mushroom shaped rocket ships/ Captain stiff riddim wind backhand cross backside taker/ kneels in front of invisible kings...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:55:00 GMT

Add Me on Twitter!

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Posted by on Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:59:00 GMT

Right Now At This Moment

Im putting the interior finishings in Block Star Studio. Currently looking for artists (wankstas, fake Pacinos and hipster rappers need not apply) for Live From Lenox Ave Records.My projected album re...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:53:00 GMT

Training Camp Tuesdays

Went with Block Fam to Training Camp @ Club Pyramid. It was nice. Until we got on the train home. And because they have considered me to be on the team they felt they had to let me know a couple of t...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:48:00 GMT

Dedicated to that Bourgeoisie "BooGee" Nigga and the Homeys

I understand that there is always going to be drug-dealing. I understand there is always going to be violence, but we just need to regulate it. So we can at least have like a peaceful zone. Where we...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:16:00 GMT

Grinding in ’09

$trictly Bu$ine$$ on being an MC "Sometimes there are going to be times when you want to cry...times when you want to give up...you got to ask yourself if you want to stick wid it or go home"Red Tape ...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Dec 2008 12:09:00 GMT

I havent died

I been under the radar working on the book, the album and getting ready to hop the pond. So yes I'm still a poet. No I'm not trying to model. Yes I'm still writing poetry. I'm taking off all old poems...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:17:00 GMT

Not Trying to Conform Thanx Toussaint

"You ask me if I desire considerable honor and riches. Cartainly, but not from you. I put my consideration in the respect of my fellow citizens. MY honor is in THEIR love my and my fortune in their ...
Posted by on Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:22:00 GMT

Dipset Move

I'm getting ready to be absent off of blogger,gs poetry, myspace and all of my internet watering holes. I have too much to tend to. Constellation of a Block Star....
Posted by on Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:12:00 GMT

Love Beast

When was the last time you cracked open your ribcage and let a love beast climb in?How loud did it roar?Where did it bite you?Did it snarl at naysayers?Who was the last starlight you danced with to Pa...
Posted by on Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:46:00 GMT