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Published: June 5, 2020, 4:14 p.m.

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In this episode we talk with public speaker, organizer, educator, poet, spoken word artist, songwriter, emcee and alumni of the Nasir Jones Fellowship with the Hip Hop Archive at Harvard University\\u2019s Hutchins Center for African & African American Research. Dasan makes fun of the intro music, we discuss what it means to level up, Dasan tells a story about being tall shamed. We take a trip back into time to Miami and of course we freestyle terribly.

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Dasan Ahanu Information:

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Christopher Massenburg, better known as Dasan Ahanu, is a public speaker, organizer, curator, educator, poet, spoken word artist, songwriter, and emcee, and loyal Hip Hop head born and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina. He is co-founder and managing director of Black Poetry Theatre, a Durham based theatre company that creates and produces original poetry and spoken word based productions. As an active participant in poetry slam, Dasan has competed regionally and nationally as a founding member and coach of Durham, NC\\u2019s own Bull City Slam Team. In 2010 and 2014, Ahanu led the Bull City Slam Team in winning the Southern Fried Southeastern Regional Poetry Slam, the largest regional poetry slam in the country. He also led the team to a 3rd place finish at the 2010 National Poetry Slam and a 2nd place finish in Group Piece Finals at the 2012 National Poetry Slam.

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For more information on Dasan go to dasanahanu.com or follow him on Twitter and Instagram @dasanahanu

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Freestyle Beat: Used courtesy of DJ DR. Follow him on Twitter and IG @themightydjdr

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