(in more than just my writing/performance:) Immortal Technique, Lauryn Hill, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Jean Grae, Mama Ruth, Big L, Common, Rhea, Jill Scott, Blackalicious, Taylor Mali, Little Brother, Mary J. Blige, Floetry, Climbing PoeTree, Gil-Scott Heron, Devynity, The Coup, STEVIE WONDER, Carl Hancock-Rux, Rakim, VCR, Jessica Care Moore, Erykah Badu, Big Pun, Erykah Badu, Dead Prez, The Last Poets, Dialated Peoples, Sean Price, Aesop Rock, SOUL FOR REAL (Candy Rain anyone??), The Roots/Black Thought, Rapper Big Pooh, Luda, Poor Righteous Teachers/Wise Intelligent, Chilla, Tito Nieves, Victor Manuelle, Tupac Shakur & Fam, Camp Lo, Saul Williams, Nas, Jay-Z, Iyeoka Okoawo, Ghostface Killah/Wu-Tang, Nina Simone, Lupe Fiasco, Billie Holiday, Damien "Jr. Gong" Marley, De La Soul, Patricia Smith, Slum Village, Ray Charles, Miles Davis, Joss Stone, MC Lyte, Non Phixion, Coldplay, Organized Konfusion/Pharoahe Monche, Queen Latifah, RATM, Citizen Cope, Regie Gibson, Maya Angelou, Langston Huges, India Arie, did i say JEAN GRAE?, Suheir Hammad, Foundation Movement, (to be continued...)
"I wake each morning torn between the desire to save the world and the desire to savor it. It makes it hard to plan the day." EB White //
Sofia Snow uses Spoken Word as a medium for opening eyes and hearts to the truth about issues ranging in areas from our communities to our world. She has opened up for many national acts, including DMC of Run DMC and Willie Colon. She has performed at several universities and venues throughout the country, from Boston to New Mexico to Florida and beyond. Sofia has been featured at the Lizard Lounge, Verbalization, and at a variety of other venues, protests and rallies throughout the country. She hosted the 2006 Soul Hop Tour in the Berklee Performance Center, featuring Raheem DeVaughn, Jahi, and Choklate, and was a featured performer herself at the Make Hip Hop Not War Tour Boston, presented by Critical Breakdown and the Hip Hop Caucus. In 2006, she was awarded Spoken Word Artist of the Year by the Mass Industry Committee's First Annual Hip Hop Awards. An artist and an activist, Sofia also held a seat on the Mayor's Hip Hop Round Table as the only youth member, organizing the citywide Hip Hop Fest, which brings legendary Hip Hop artists like KRS-1, CL Smooth, Nice&Smooth, and Rakim, to name a few. She has taught poetry classes and workshops from the East Coast to the Midwest, from elementary school to Harvard University. Her composition, Freedom Song, is included on Project: Think Different's recently released CD, Empowerment: The Power to Break You Free, on emPOWERment records. Her personal and professional goals are closely aligned. Sofia is currently attending University of Wisconsin-Madison with a First Wave full tuition scholarship to continue working on hip hop poetry. She is passionate about her art and about its power to help people recognize and hopefully inspire them to act against injustice, whether it is taking place locally, nationally or internationally.
If you are interested in bringing Sofia Snow to your community center, school, or university for performances or workshops, she can be contacted at ssnow222@hotmail.com
Representing UW-Madison at the National Collegiate Slam in Alburquerque, New Mexico - April 2008 - WE GOT THIRD PLACE IN THE NATION AND "MOST INNOVATIVE" AND "BEST SPORTSMANSHIP" AWARDS!
i just have to shoutout rene dongo, a young director doing amazing things, making amazing movies. it was an honor to work on this piece with him, check out his other shorts at dongoson.blip.tv
Stop Playn Telephone Tag with me Shorty! the bean misses you, and i gave thought to coming to visit you early Feb. but then realized that it would be twice as cold there -and after M.I.A. i honestly don't kno if ima survive the beanDreams...but i luv you Dawg! :p
p.s. glad to hear u Yok'd Gabe up SoSo. Let em kno' : or me, Alaysia and Marley gunna make a FGU field Trip.
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Sorry I misses the chance to send you off. I guess we'll just have to be in-tah-net friends and send each other flashy glitter pictures that say stuff like "just came to bless your page" or "showin' sum luv."
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Be a part of history. Vote for Barack on November 4, 2008! Tune in to his nomination acceptance speech TONIGHT at 10 PM on all channels or at 8:00 PM on CNN and other cable channels. His speech falls significantly on the 45th anniversary of MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech.
Really want peace? Get those Republicans out of office! "No way. No how. No McCain".
VitaminEnegry & NewBWear HIP HOP DANCE OFF Come out and chill with us all its on lets see who can really dance there asses off! And also NBW ALLSTARS LIVE!
HEY I SOFIA ITS KEISHA IDK IF U MEMBA ME BUT I WAS AT BOOKS OF HOPE WEN U WAS THERE JUST STOPIN BY TO SHOW U SUM LOVE ND THANKZ F0 CUMMIN TO BOOKS OF HOPE
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