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BROWN SUGA POET

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About Me

She comes from a mixture of greens and tofu, doused in lyrical sunsets, algebraic variables and locked up in baby-ghurl moonlit militant truth paper. Affectionately known as the Brown Suga Poet. Sista. Mama. healer. Writer. Playwright. Author. Teacher. Workshop facilitator. Afrikan. Human. Her words to a dance of Harlem shake meets 40's waltz and dare not be labeled as an everyday spoken word poet. She be griot. Oracle. Orator. Storyteller. Scribe.Greens and tofu. She is the 2004 recipient of the San Diego Journalism Press Club Award, Creative writing and poetry teacher, KCMI, Author of Baring My Soul, Playwright of the drama A Quarter Past The Blues, Spoken Word Artist, “THE AWAKENING” CD, freelance writer of various print and online magazines, spoken wordist, motivational speaker and Workshop facilitator of Healertainment, and Sistainment-Girls-Group's workshops.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/12/2004
Band Members:
Influences: I'm sure there are many subconcious influences running around in my mentals...but for starters, Nina Simone, Etta James, Miles Davis, Sonia Sanchez, Nikki Giovanni, Lucile Clifton, Gwendolyn Brooks, Q. Troupe, Amirri Baraka, Kallamu Sallam, Chick Corea, Earth Wind and Fire, Digable Planets, The Average White Band, Coltrane, Mingus, Duke Ellington, Sara Vaughn, ANCESTORS, ELDERS, CHILDREN, ARTISTIC Brutha's and Sista's.
Sounds Like:

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Record Label: SLEEPING GIANT
Type of Label: Indie