"I want to promote poetry to the point where you got all the baldhead kids running around doing poetry, getting the music out of the way and having only words, the spoken word, and then see what happens."
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"You know, the diversity that America has is so special. It's starting to really become a cool thing for young people.“
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"Poverty and lack of knowledge must be challenged."
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