Mr Gee

A nu-jazz, hip hop and acapella artist based in London, UK. He started off as a DJ playing mainly Hip Hop and Funk grooves in clubs and bars. He then became interested in Spoken Word and the underground poetry scene in London and for many years hosted a highly acclaimed Spoken Word entertainment night called "Brix-Tongue" in South London. This led him onto radio presenting. He has guest-hosted the "London Diaspora Live" show on Resonance radio and was the main host for the SONY award nominated series "Bespoken Word" on BBC Radio where he's aimed to bring the UK Spoken Word scene to a larger audience. He was the "Poet Laureate" on comedian Russell Brand's hugely popular BBC 6music/Radio 2 program, writing a new poem every week during each show. He sometimes also reviews the newspapers and speaks on current issues for the "Late Show" on Radio London. As a Spoken Word Poet, he has performed all over the UK and abroad: at the Edinburgh Fringe festival, at the Nuyorican Poets cafe in NYC, at the "Black Lily" night in Philly and at the Toronto International Slam Competition in Canada. He runs "creative Writing" workshops in Schools and Colleges within London, hoping to bring a greater appreciation of words and literacy among his students. He's written comedy for TV and monologues for independent film releases and does voice over work for the Hip Hop and R&B shows on MusFlash TV (Sky +375). He wrote, produced and arranged his own album "Poetry in the Key of Gee" to show the variety of different subject matter that his words cover. http://www.myspace.com/djmrgee Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.