Rashad

Rashad"thaPoet" is an activist, actor and an award winning Spoken Word Artist hailing from Nashville, TN. He came onto the Spoken Word scene in May 2005 with the critically acclaimed album "Witness to the Truth". Rashad followed that album with June 2005's Witness to the Truth (the mixtape). Rashad was one of the first spoken word artist to release an all spoken word mixtape. Rashad went on to pair with hip-hop producer Shae Jones in January to create 2007's "Slept on Album of The Year" "Listen: Mind over Matter". May 2008 brought the highly anticipated "Talk to the People". The lead single "Feeling Good" was called "a classic and nostalgic Nashville summer jam", by a journalist in "The Rage". Off the success of the single, Rashad became the first Nashville Spoken Word artist to shoot a video. He also was the first Nashville Spoken Word artist to sell over 10,000 albums. The 2008 "Talk to the People Summer Tour" hit over 30 cities and Rashad solidified himself as one of the front runners in the Spoken Word genre..To date Rashad has sold over 20,000 albums independently. He has released 14 CD's. He also is an accomplished actor acting in over 30 shows. He has won numerous acting awards and stars in three feature films now available for purchase. His newest project is “Hope Lives Here” a collection of songs released over a 3 month period. For more info follow RashadthaPoet on Twitter@RashadthaPoet.