Albums
The latest album from Spoken Word Poet Brother Dash. 8 tracks on life, trials, triumphs, loss, redemption, community, family and love. A very personal and vulnerable album not originally meant for a commercial release. Read More …
Author: brotherdash
Brother Dash is an author, inspirational speaker, writer and poet. He is currently working on his debut novel The Donor. In addition to his novel Brother Dash has written dozens of articles on society, culture, the arts and religion. He has provided workshops and seminars on self-improvement and creative expression. He is an accomplished spoken word poet with three albums and well over 100 performances around the world on his resumé. He has written several articles on society, culture and religion. He is the proud father of 3 young women and resides in New Jersey, USA.
Photos: Fish, Grits and Couscous Event
Fish, Grits and Couscous: Islam and The African-American Experience The following are some web quality stills from the event held at Rutgers University in the Fall of 2009. I was commissioned to do some photography for the event. Below are two photo galleries. The first focuses on the audience at the event and the second Read More …
Yo Little Brother
This poem was inspired by an old 1980’s hip-hop record in terms of its style (YouTube the title). The content however was inspired by a conversation I had in a hallway after one of my performances where a brother was talking to me about how the youth were involved in gangs, drug selling and even pimping out teenage girls. So I wrote this piece. Read More …
Just A Test
One of my earlier poems this piece is done in a very ‘rhymey’ kind of style. The line ‘green monkey viruses’ refers to how early in the AIDS crisis scientists were trying to say that a Black Haitian was bitten by the green monkey. That was more racism than anything else but that is a glimpse into how I tend to put these little ‘nuggets’ in my poems for you to dig into and discover more information on yourself. Enjoy. Read More …