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For one unmissable night, NJPAC's City Verses program unites the leading voices in jazz, hip hop and poetry. The legendary lineup includes hip hop stars Rakim (Paid in Full), Speech (Arrested Development), Chuck D (Public Enemy), Black Thought (The Roots) and Dupré "DoItAll" Kelly (Lords of The Underground); award-winning poets and spoken word performers Nikki Giovanni, jessica Care moore, Sean Battle (EvoluCulture) , Mayor Ras Baraka, and The Last Poets (Abiodun Oyewole, Umar Bin Hassan, Babadon Babatunde); Jazz greats Ravi Coltrane and Javon Jackson; and Musical Director (and NJPAC Jazz Advisor) Christian McBride and A Christian McBride Situation. This program is supported through NJPAC and Rutgers-Newark?s City Verses: Elevating Voices through Jazz and Poetry initiative, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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