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– 5:00 p.m., Blackman, Rucker, and Rojas, will discuss their lives as creatives.īlackman, an artist and social entrepreneur, is the first Hip Hop artist selected to work as a cultural ambassador with the U.S.
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Run) of the legendary hip-hop group Run DMC.Īlso, in Johnson Hall Gallery, from 4:00 p.m. He is also the older brother of Hip-Hop impresario Russell Simmons and rapper Joseph Simmons (Rev.
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Simmons is the founder of the HBO Tony Award-winning series “Def Poetry Jam” that was hosted by rapper Mos Def and aired from 2002-2007. His lecture Channeling Home: African Influences in African American Art, will center on issues of art and social responsibility. Also performing are members of JSU’s OutSpoken, MADDRAMA, Maranda Joiner, host of Synergy Nights, and live painting by Sabrina Howard.īefore the show, the Jackson State University Department of Art will host a reception and gallery talk by Simmons, a neo-African abstract expressionist painter, in the J ohnson Hall Art Gallery from 2:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., catch the Def Poetry Jam Reunion Show in the Rose E. Jackson State University Art Galleries are excited to present a day of visual art and spoken word on Wednesday, March 4, with renowned artist Danny Simmons and Def Poetry Jam Poets Toni Blackman, Ursula Rucker, and Bonafide Rojas.įrom 5:30 p.m.