oakland slam 2024

oakland slam

OAKLAND SLAM BIOS:

Shawn William is an Oakland / Bay Area icon. He's a Grammy-nominated spoken word artist, published author, storyteller & father hailing from Oakland, California. Over the past 20 years, his artistry has put him on tour with Jill Scott, performed at the Apollo Theatre, Radio City Music Hall, The Essence Festival, and featured on The Arsenio Hall Show and Verses and Flow, while also being one of 5 artists selected to have a residency at The Kennedy Center.

Afro-Creek queer activist Ramona “Mona” Webb is a scholar-practitioner, teaching performance artist, and the Assistant Artistic Director of San Francisco’s Queer Cultural Center. She's also the nicest lady in poetry. Nice with the pen, on the mic, and as a human.  Mona is a conservatory-trained artist who writes and performs in “docu-ritual-drama theater” and attended the dual Theater Performance Making MFA program at California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco and Chichester University in Chichester, England.

Dre Johnson is a father / MC/actor/poet/producer born and raised in East Oakland. He's a graduate of Skyline High where he started competing with his poetry at 14. He's been on slam teams repping Berkeley, Oakland, SF, and Fairfield at regional and national competitions finishing as high as 4th in the nation. As his ais alter ego "Duke The Bossman" his band The High Decibels placed #3 on CMJ top 200 Hip-Hop Charts and had music placed in dozens of blockbuster films and television shows. 

Brianni “Bri” Blue is a UC Berkeley graduate and acclaimed author, poet, and speaker from Berkeley. She captivates audiences nationwide with her profound performances and literary works like “No Crystal Stair” and “Destination: Still Unknown... Pack Light.” With over 25,000 digital followers, she led the “Speak Easy” open mic series for 5 years and founded the ‘Unapologetically You’ Awareness Campaign while also earning recognitions along the way such as Best Female Spoken Word Artist and People’s Choice at the Bay Area Black Music Awards. As a Teaching Artist for Bay Area Creative, Bri continues to add to her list of accomplishments in the poetry community.

Also sharing the stage:
Jelal Huyler 
D'dra White
Papi Grande
Dahled Jeffries 
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Oakland Slam -    Kinfolx

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5:30 Leg 2 - Kinfolx