Khari B.
Discopoet Khari B. is a spoken word musician and educator working internationally as both a performer and instructor in the literary arts. With a solid reputation for delivering powerful performances with intense instrumental accompaniment, Khari B.’s energetic nature is inextricably tied to growing up in Chicago’s House music culture and being the son of two educators, one being acclaimed woodwindist, Mwata Bowden. His inspirational and mentally rousing work has been recognized, hailed, and requested across the globe, staking out a place in the hearts of audiences and appealing to a diverse legion of fans, spanning multiple ages and ethnic groups. He’s co-produced three albums under the Discopoetry brand (WordSound: THIS AIN’T NO PUNK-ASSED POETRY, I’M A BAD MUTHA: The Rockstar Poetry Project, The Revolution Has Been Compromised: Honoring the word and works of Gil Scott-Heron) and appeared on numerous others. In addition to his works’ inclusion in a number of anthologies, he’s published one book, “Haiku 4 Justice: Poetry In the Age of Social Media” and co-produced an award-winning film on his annual arts & music production, “Thee Debauchery Ball.” Khari B. has been an Artist-In- Residence at the prestigious Purdue University since 2006, continuing to create, educate, produce and perform wherever he is called under his philosophy “Make it happen.”
