Members of the poetic revolutionary group "The Last Poets" will be guests on Chocolate City to discuss the past, present, and future of black America. They celebrate their return to stage with a live ...

Gylan Kain, the spoken-word artist known as Kain the Poet, who co-founded the influential New York outfit the Last Poets, died of complications from heart disease on February 7, The New York Times ...

‘These fellow Black artists who — at that time, it’s all new, it doesn’t exist yet — they said, “Black people don’t like poetry.” So I said, “They’ll like mine.”’ GYLAN KAIN, the Harlem-born founder ...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of The Last Poets, the NYC spoken word icons who are generally considered the Grandfathers of Hip Hop. Dormant for some time, core members, Abiodun Oyowele and ...

Before A Tribe Called Quest, Public Enemy or the rapper Common, there was The Last Poets — one of the most influential spoken-word groups that pioneered the hip-hop genre. After releasing their first ...

Gylan Kain, a founding member of the famed spoken word group The Last Poets, has died as shared in a recently published report. The family of Kain did not initially release details of his death, which ...

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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 ...