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About Me

Omari "King Wise" Barksdale (Detroit's Echoverse Grand Slam Champion) is a Detroit based poet and founder of Uhuru Cipher Artists Management. Since 2001, he has held the attention of audiences across the country including representing Detroit, MI as a member of the 2006 and 2007 National Poetry Slam Teams, and a member of the 2007 Rust Belt Championship Slam Team. As an artist, he has co-founded the super poetry group, 3rd Eye Open poetry Collective. King Wise is also the co-founder of a lecture group that is responsible for the activist series "Hip-Poe-Tics", which focuses on influencing activism through Hip-Hop, Poetry and Politics in Universities and communities around the nation.

As an activist, King Wise has worked with many community organizations both locally and across state lines. He has also worked in the capacity of â€œLegislative Assistantâ€ for the Detroit City Council and waged a strong campaign for State Representative for the 4th district of Michigan.

King Wise has always been influenced by great artistry and credits his passion for the art of words to griots of all walks. He has been privileged to share the stage with many great leaders and artists including but not limited to The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, Chairman Fred Hampton, Jr., Erykah Badu, Common, The Last Poets, Afeni Shakur, Chuck D, Krs-One, Professor Griff, Dead Prez, Malik Yusef, Big Daddy Kane, Killer Mike, Jessica Care' Moore and many more.

For more information about King Wise, Deph-Onyx, Hip-Poe-Tics or Uhuru Cipher Artists Management, email us at [email protected] Peace to all souls. Uhuru Cipher Management: Hip-Poe-Tics, Black History 101 Mobile Museum, Omari King Wise
Peace to all souls.

My Interests

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Member Since: 2/7/2006
Band Website: Email: [email protected]
Band Members: Omari King Wise, Omorpheus the Imposter, AzzWhole.
Influences: Krs-One, Sade, Outkast, The Last Poets, Malik Yusef, Nina Simone, Earth Wind and Fire, P-Funk, Nas, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Lord Finesse, Lauren Hill, Saul Williams, Poetree (Chicago), Public Enemy, X-Clan(R.I.P. Prof X. and Suga Shaft), King Sun, Maxine Waters, Rakim, etc...
Sounds Like: Love fighting a war on ignorance
Record Label: Uhuru Cipher
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Life and the Process (Just a Thought)

I was thinking the other day about all of the great moments I have been blessed with throughout life. I realized that the most beautiful moments took place during the process leading up to the m...
Posted by OMARI KING WISE on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:59:00 PST

Rainbow Brite (for Natasha "T" Miller)

Rainbow Brite ..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> I have a hero, that the world wants me to hate because she loves the beauty of her same gender. They say b...
Posted by OMARI KING WISE on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:16:00 PST

The Yoshua Files

The Yoshua Files Fake ass beings be claiming peace hiding behind smoked mirrors comprised of artificial truth and affordable lies/ I throw slices of jagged windows, broken in mental nuclear falll...
Posted by OMARI KING WISE on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 08:12:00 PST

Last night at the Common concert Detroit talent was in e-f-f-e-c-t

Yo..... I'm sayin. Last night I was at the common concert and I was just humbled by all of the talent that Detroit had in the audience that should be rocking on a stage somewhere else at ...
Posted by OMARI KING WISE on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 06:28:00 PST

Is your mind and body ready?

Please remember as we approach a change in seasons to boost your immune system and take time for a relaxing and or toxin releasing process such as Yoga, Massage, walking and swimming, just to name a f...
Posted by OMARI KING WISE on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 02:06:00 PST

Worst Weekend ever gives new perspective

Lately, I have been feeling like death or something similar was near. Well I was right, the death of perspective. I am not and was not scared to die, but when you think you feel it, you an...
Posted by OMARI KING WISE on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 07:04:00 PST

Detroit Poets Win the Rust Belt Midwest Slam (Hellz Yez)

Well, in dramatic fashion, the Detroit team of poets (Epiphany, Londell, Cassie Poe and Omari King Wise) Repped Detroit to the fullest and pulled out a major victory against some of the nations finest...
Posted by OMARI KING WISE on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 08:25:00 PST

Disappearing

Somewhere, where paths twist on parallels and eventually cross, lays a lost breath, body less and gasping for recognition. Shadows of soul pillagers melt from wooden skyscrapers, searching for nou...
Posted by OMARI KING WISE on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:46:00 PST

Suck (Poem)

SUCK Suck Me! Suck me into your thoughts. I want to ride the vast oceans of your beautiful nucleus. Swim the depths of your very notions. Suck me dry of malicious intents that revolve around entering...
Posted by OMARI KING WISE on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:36:00 PST

M.L.K., the Damned Day After

Ok. So I am on my lunch break, the day after M.L.K. day and I'mthinking. Every since the day after the murder of one of the greatest individuals to ever be birthed this side of the immacul...
Posted by OMARI KING WISE on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:42:00 PST