Simmons presents Def Poetry, better known as simply Def Poetry Jam or Def Poetry, is a spoken word poetry television series hosted by Mos Def and airing on...

instrumental role in the conceiving of and co-producing the hit HBO show Def Poetry Jam, and won a Tony Award for the Broadway version of the show. He is the...

Sugar and in television series such as Dexter and House. He hosted Def Poetry Jam from 2002 to 2007. Yasiin Bey was born Dante Terrell Smith on December...

(1994) as Deonne Wilburn. In 2002 she appeared on Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam. Seales became publicly known as "VJ Amanda Diva" on MTV2 Sucker Free...

tour with Def Poetry Jam from 2001 to 2004. In January 2004, in Chicago, during one of her tours around the country for the Def Poetry Jam, she had a...

Def Jam Recordings, a division of Universal Music Group, which had been created in 1984. Records distributed by another label, but released under Def...

Archived from the original on August 14, 2006. Retrieved March 20, 2007. "Def Poetry Jam: June 10, 2005 | Literary Kicks". Litkicks.com. June 11, 2005. Archived...

received a Peabody Award for the series Def Poetry on HBO. That same year, Lathan co-produced Def Poetry Jam on Broadway, which won a Tony Award for best...

on Season 2 of HBO's "Russell Simmon's Def Poetry Jam." The segment also featured artists including Malcolm Jamal Warner and legendary hip hop icon Rakim...

York Times, Harper's, and The Nation. He has been featured on HBO's Def Poetry Jam, in addition to his Some People being broadcast on that station. The...