A Music Video Producer, Photographer, Jewelry Stylist, Creative Consultant, Set Designer, Educator, Space Facilitator, Performer/ Songwriter, Muse. Her stretch as a hostess of the underground scene from 95 thru 99 in Philadelphia, made her smile a staple of the underground. At Wilhelmina's Lounge her weekly thursday event would spawn drop in performances by Eric Bennet, Goodie Mob, Fat Man Scoop to name a few. Yet Weds. at South Street Blues is where she enjoyed the journey thru music accompained by drummer Eric Tribbet (Drummer For Jill Scott) among many other renound musicans off tour, she then would introduce the likes of Floetry (Pre-Floetic) from the guestlist then spin into a comedic, poetic, profound, progressive flow over music to her audiences weekly expectations. Those jam sessions aided in the development of Poetica's sound. Amongst the years of hosting, South Street Blues was a befitting finale, she turned down hosting the Black Lilly in Philly (There new found label success warrented funds for flow, they said no-doe, she said no-show, no hard feelings) and would perform when she could for the Lilly at the Wetlands in New York with artists like Kindred, Jaguar and Scratch. Poetica has contributed her talents to emcees like Grand Agent writing & performing the best song to appear on his LP "By Design" entitled "Waughter" released on Groove Attack Records. Jill Scott Thanks her on the inside of her debut CD, Black Ice was the name of a poetry group who's members included, a Young Poetica prior to Def Poetry Jam although she supports her former partner who assumes the title for Russell Simmons. Poetica has been known for bridging the gap between hip-hop & Spokenword, given the title "Rythmic" in the Panoramic Poetry Anthology edited by L. Redcross about the spoken word artist movement in Philly 1994 at the October Gallery (Pieces Press). In 1999 she self-published a volume of Poetry, Short Story & Photography, all her own, and includes a profound photo of Maya Angelou taking by a young Poetica. She is also an artist activist with an online newsletter "The Contrabandits" if you wish to subscribe
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