Poet and interdisciplinary artist Mayda del Valle has performed to standing-room only crowds, on the Def Poetry Jam stage, ...

(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 ...

A Def Poetry Jam reboot is in the works and Russell Simmons is looking to tap Chance the Rapper as the show’s new host. “Super excited,” Simmons tweeted. “Been in negotiation with Chance The Rapper ...

Critics and audiences alike shouted their approval when spoken word came to the Great White Way in November 2002 by way of "Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam on Broadway." Further proof that the ...

NEW YORK -- There were plenty of skeptics when hip-hop entrepreneur Russell Simmons and producer-director Stan Lathan started talking about taking their "Def Poetry Jam" television showcase to ...

According to Bruce George, executive producer of HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, true success means doing “something you eat, drink, sleep and breathe.” George’s lecture last night in Warren Hall, sponsored by ...

Poet Suheir Hammad performs her work at Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam in Harrison Auditorium on Saturday night, hosted by SPECTRUM. Hammad is one of eight poets in the Tony award-winning show, which ...