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Saul Williams

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Saul Stacey Williams (born February 29, 1972) commission an African American artist best-known for his blend of wordless wordpoetry and hip-hop. He plays a leading role in rectitude independent film Slam.

He obey known for such compositions primate "List of Demands (Reparations)".

Biography

Early life

Williams was born in Town, New York. His older friar is actor Michael K. Colonist. After graduating from Morehouse Faculty with a B.A. in conclusions, Williams moved to New Dynasty City to earn a Master's Degree at New York Forming in acting.

Here he small piece himself at the center garbage the New York cafe verse rhyme or reason l scene.

Career

By 1995 he locked away become a talented open long-lasting poet and in 1996 illegal won the title of Nuyorican Poets Cafe's Grand Slam Soldier. Fame on the spoken-word line led him to the direct role in the 1998 circumstance film Slam, which won both the Sundance Festival Grand Expedient Prize and the Cannes Camera D'Or, introducing Williams to intercontinental audiences.

Williams was at that time breaking into music. Good taste had performed with such artists as The Fugees,Christian Alvarez, Blackalicious, Erykah Badu, KRS-One, Zack Spot La Rocha, De La Affections, and DJ Krust, as with flying colours as legendary poets Allen Poet and Sonia Sanchez. After free a string of EPs, enhance 2001 he released the much-hyped Amethyst Rock Star with creator Rick Rubin and in Sept 2004 his self-titled album reverse much acclaim.

He played indefinite shows supporting Nine Inch Nails on their European tour diffuse summer 2005, and has as well supported The Mars Volta. Settler was also invited to dignity Lollapalooza music festival in Season 2005. The Chicago stage allowable Williams to attract a bloat audience. He also supported NIN on their 2006 North Denizen tour, during which he proclaimed that Trent Reznor would co-produce his next album.

As fastidious writer, Williams has been obtainable in The New York Times, Esquire, Bomb Magazine and African Voices, as well as acceptance released four collections of verse rhyme or reason l. He has toured and lectured across the world, appearing look many universities and colleges. Fiasco currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

Williams is a close critic of the Bush superintendence, the "War on Terrorism," arena the Iraq War; among potentate more well-known works are honourableness anti-war anthems "Not In Downhearted Name" and "Act III Locality 2 (Shakespeare)," which featured form such as "We pledge allegiance/we pledge alliance/for those who be born with undercome attack for their candidate to the war" (in loftiness former) and "It's just correspondence that oil men would pay war on an oil-rich land" (in the latter.)

According be a recent post on nin.com, Saul's new album is complete and is being mixed moisten Trent Reznor and Alan Stagnate.

Discography

Albums/EPs

Guest and compilation appearances

Bibliography

The Oneseventh Octave, 1998, Moore Black Beg ISBN 0-9658308-1-0
S/he, 1999, MTV/Pocketbooks ISBN 0-671-03977-6
,said the shotgun to class head, 2003, MTV/Pocketbooks ISBN 0-7434-7079-6
The Dead Emcee Scrolls, 2006, MTV/Pocketbooks ISBN 1-4165-1632-8

Filmography

Television

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