check out Urban Verbs & One Be Lo on StreetBeat HERE

S/O and Thanks to Warehouse 508 and Rikki @ Albuquerquehiphop.com

Hakim Bellamy is a two-time Poetry Slam National Champion, and has been named “Best Poet” by both the Local iQ (Smart List 2010 & 2011) and the Alibi (Best of Burque 2010 & 2011). As an educator and performer, he is interested not only in the poetry lessons he teaches his students, but the lessons which Poetry has taught him.

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

-via Natalia Livingston
12.6.11 – Tuesday
Two Shows: 7pm, 9pm
$12/ 2 shows
Students get in FREE w/ valid school I.D. 18+

This month, Hakim has invited Zack Freeman (beats/ vokals) and
Romeo Alonzo (keys/ horn) to join him onstage for some real/raw entertainment. Prep your eardrums friends because this is gonna be good!

JazzBars featuring Hakim Be and Friends – A bar is a measure of music. A measure of music is simply a measure of time. From the original heart beat to the beat generation, music has gone through various evolutions. The distance between Jazz Poetics and Hip Hop Artistry amounts to the latest evolutionary leap. This live, improvisational and collaborative experiment exists in that footprint. Whether the it be the bars on the sheet music of a jazz musician or the hot 16 of an MC, every generation measures in songs. Every month at Jazzbah, a few musicians and a poet or two will give you another moment to remember. Fresh, funky & fun, step into our laboratory and see what we create. We don’t bridge the gap between Hip-Hop and Jazz, we eliminate it. JazzBars.

Check out Carlos’ press release HERE

Learn more about Hakim HERE