(The Root) — Harlem's MIST Theater welcomed in a familiar sort of artistic renaissance on Wednesday night, one that had begun in 2002 and been centered on featuring the country's top spoken-word ...

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 ...

RUSSELL SIMMONS DEF POETRY JAM: Performance poetry. Directed by Stan Lathan. The lights went up and he was caught in the spotlight, testing out a little moonwalking as if he were in the privacy of his ...

Mayda Alexandra del Valle will serve a two-year term and receive $70,000 to commission new works and create public ...

Dasha Kelly and Dan Vaughn have been invited to perform on Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam on HBO. They fly out on Tues., Oct. 10 to tape the show. Milwaukeeans Dasha Kelly and Dan Vaughn have been ...

Russell Simmons is looking to restart his Def Poetry Jam and is talking with Grammy-winner Chance the Rapper to host it. Simmons teased the new project, which would be called All Def Poetry, yesterday ...

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 ...