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Malcolm-Jamal Warner on Grammys, poetry and respectability politics

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Dave Chappelle, Barack Obama among Grammy Spoken Word nominees

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Actor Craig ‘muMs’ Grant is dead at 52

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#GrioAuthorsCircle: Clint Smith reads excerpt from new book ‘Counting Descent’

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Can a nonprofit startup revive slam poetry?

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T.I.'s criticism of social media activism misses the mark

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Kanye West spoken word album rumored, but who will listen?

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Gil Scott-Heron was more than the 'Godfather of Rap'

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Spoken-word musician Gil Scott-Heron dies in NYC

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Poets speak about progress in the recession

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