Innovate in the Break

who tells you to do the things you love?

nobody.

Hip Hop sent me to the library.
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Hip hop gave me agency.

i Had to find a world. "hip hop poetry" did not exist. we were creating hip hop poetry.

An artist is a confluence of his influences

Art is work. Especially
in Chicago

Use social media

• Democratizes voices
• supports creative endeavors
• increases the number of people writing poetry

Artists and creative thinkers with radical imagination reshape the world.

How are you going to walk in the world?

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