Saul Williams

Saul Williams (USA) performing at poesiefestival berlin 2009. Saul Williams (b. 1972 New York) is a hybrid. He is a rock star, rapper and poet. He was the Grand Slam Champion des Nuyorican Poets Cafe and played the lead role in the film Slam, which was a winner at the Sundance Festival and scooped the Golden Camera award in Cannes. He has worked, among others, with Erykah Badu, De La Soul, The Fugees, Rage Against the Machine and Nine Inch Nails. In addition to music CDs, he has also published four volumes of poetry. His works are characterised by uncompromising political messages. His album against the war in Iraq called Not in my name has become one of his best-known works.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Poesie
• poetry
• spoken
• word
• Lyrik
• lyric
• Saul
• Williams
• Berlin
• poesiefestival

[Robinzorz]

Everything Saul Williams does is fantastic.

[latinillusion00]

i was there :) i enjoyed it soO sO much