Mr Gee

Mr GeeWoah. (writing this stuff is always difficult!).Okaaaay I started off as a DJ playing mainly Hip Hop and Funk grooves in clubs and bars. I then became interested in Spoken Word and the underground poetry scene in London and for many years I hosted a highly acclaimed Spoken Word entertainment night called "Brix-Tongue" in South London.



This led me onto radio presenting. I've guest-hosted the "London Diaspora Live" show on Resonance radio and I was the main host for the SONY award nominated series "Bespoken Word" on BBC Radio where I've aimed to bring the UK Spoken Word scene to a larger audience. I was the "Poet Laureate" on comedian Russell Brand's hugely popular and controversial BBC 6music/Radio 2 program, writing a new poem every week during each show. I also write political poems on current affairs for BBC regional radio as well as topical poems fro Radio 4's "Saturday Live!". I present the radio series "Rhyme & Reason" on Radio 4, where I interview musicians about their poetic influences.



As a Spoken Word Poet myself, I have performed all over the UK and abroad: at the Edinburgh Fringe festival, at the Nuyorican Poets cafe in NYC, at the "Black Lily" night in Philly and at the Toronto International Slam Competition in Canada. I was invited to tour with Russell Brand on the UK leg of his "Scandalous" tour, where I performed my poems at the o2 in front of 17,000 people! I also delivered the poetic intro for the award-winning West End show "Into the Hoods", which was the first Hip Hop show to reach London's West End theatres.



I run "creative Writing" worshops in Schools and Colleges within London, where I hope to bring a greater appreciation of words and literacy among the students that I teach. I'm also one of the founding members of a Poetry collective called "Chill Pill" which seeks to promote the contemporary UK poetry scene.



I've written comedy for TV and monologues for independent film releases and I also do voice over work for TV & radio .I wrote, produced and arranged my own album "Poetry in the Key of Gee" to show the variety of different subject matter that my words cover (and I shamelessly pretended to be really important when I told my friends that I was "busy in the studio!").



"A charming and politically articulate street poet" :- The Times



There. I think that's about it .(But knowing me, I've probably forgotten something really important tho')



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