Jill Scott and Newark Mayor Ras Baraka are headlining a “Def Poetry Jam” reunion livestream this weekend that will raise funds for people in need during the COVID-19 crisis in Newark. “Def Poetry Jam, ...

Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai, 27, is a Chinese/Taiwanese American spoken word artist who grew up in the suburbs of Chicago. A two season veteran of Russell Simmons Presents HBO Def Poetry, Kelly’s been involved ...

Suheir Hammad, a Palestinian-American poet, performer and activist, gave an innovative, percussive performance in List 120 Wednesday night. Met with cheers and applause, Hammad turned an apparent ...

Seventeen years after the HBO show ‘Def Poetry Jam’ went off the air, co-creator Danny Simmons is reviving the spoken word showcase in Philadelphia. Danny Simmons, creator of Def Poetry Jam, has ...

After lighting the fuse for the hip-hop explosion more than two decades ago, Russell Simmons has extended his Defness to the Def Poetry Jam tour, coming straight from Broadway. With rhymes as diverse ...

Def Poetry, also known as Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry or Def Poetry Jam, which was co-founded by Bruce George, Danny Simmons and Deborah Pointer, is an HBO television series produced by ...

Students and creatives tuned in for the annual Alpha Phi Alpha Def Phloetry Jam on Thursday, Sept. 24 via Zoom. Those in attendance presented poetry, spoken word and rap that touched on the theme of ...