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RHYTHM
Hip
Hop / Alternative / Indie
Rhythm is a member of an
alternative hip hop group named Poetree. Poetree is a group that
has 4 members: Rhythm, Isa Starr, Brother Mike and Phenom
determined to free the minds of the masses through music.
POETREE began in February 1999 as a collective of artists,
actors, poets, emcees and singers who were faced with a cloud of
negativity, exploitation, and redundant rhetoric that plagued
each of their respective art forms. POETREE is an acronym
meaning, Peoples Organized Entertainment Teaching Righteous
Education Everywhere. Their message has reached all types of
audiences, from the open mics, to the theatre, to the schools,
to the studio, and most importantly to the people. Phenom,
Brother Mike, Isa Starr, and Rhythm, collectively, strive to
create positive music that entertains the mind and the soul. The
group has continued to work throughout the Chicago community and
the country. They have performed with some of the greatest
artists in poetry and music such as: Common, Mos Def, Amel
Larrieux, Sonia Sanchez, Talib Kweli, N’Dambi, Cee-Lo, The
Roots, Roy Ayers, Erykah Badu, Dead Prez, The Last Poets, KRS
One, Big Dady Kane, John Legend, and Floetry. POETREE released
their first (independently-produced) album entitled "Positive
Pollution" April 2004 which sold out of local stores in 5
months. POETREE has been nominated the Chicago Music Award for
Best Spoken Word/Poetry Performance in 2002, 2003, and 2005.
They were also rewarded a position in the Illinois Arts Council
traveling Roster for their Artistic Expression Workshop which
targets at risk youth. The workshop teaches youth to implement
hip-hop culture and African empowerment as a means of violence
prevention and to obtain knowledge of self and history. POETREE
wants to spark a revolution in music with "Positive Pollution"
and Teach Righteous Education Everywhere.
http://www.myspace.com/rbg4life
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