In celebration of National Poetry Month, Smoke the Mic is featuring poet and lyricist Umar Bin Hassan this Monday night. As the tale goes, Bin Hassan sold his sister’s record player to buy a bus ...

There is a track that has become an unlikely earworm for me over the past few weeks. It’s called Bird’s Word and it isn’t really what you’d call a song in the traditional sense. It’s more a ...

FLINT, MI – “This is not a performance group,” said The Last Poets member, Abiodun Oyewole. “We are truthsayers. That’s what we’ve always been.” The intimate crowd of around 30 people listened with ...

FLINT, MI — If you’re searching for an experience with historic prevalence combined with Black excellence to celebrate Juneteenth, look no further. The Last Poets group will perform as headliner of ...

Poet-activist-musician Gil Scott-Heron performed at the Montreaux Jazz Festival over the weekend. His message to the audience included, “For those of you who bet I would not be here — you lose.” Scott ...