"Don't fall asleep yet! Contrary to popular belief, that's not where dremas get accomplished." -George Watsky
Born and raised in San Francisco, CA, George Watsky is a 22-year-old spoken word poet and rapper. He's currently based in Boston where he is completing a B.A. in "Writing and Acting for the Screen and Stage" at Emerson College. At 19, Watsky was the 2006 Youth Speaks Grand Slam Poetry Champion, and he later went on to speak on season 6 of HBO's Def Jam Poetry. Just a few weeks ago, he performed alongside two other poets at the NAACP Image Awards in honor of Russell Simmons.
George Watsky has a really wide range of subject matter that stretches from being a virgin in highschool ("V is for Virgin") to the dangers of global warming ("Carry the One"). His poems are funny and serious, sometimes at the same time. The serious poems focus mainly on politics and global warming, a subject which I never found particularly interesting until I heard him speak. The more comical poems may have to do with his love-life or his background, such as the two he performs below at the Cantab Lounge in Cambridge, Mass. Please excuse the language:
p.s. I almost posted "I Am So Green" for you, Prince Alix, but I liked this one better.
At first i thought he looked like john mayer. not really.
ReplyDeleteYea, no. He's a skinny Jewish kid who's not a manwhore. So no. :)
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