Poetry Vs. Hip-Hop Adult Prom Edition! Queen Sheba's Album Release & B-Day Roast + Concert!
Hosted by Queen Sheba - Atlanta’s 2024 Spoken Word Poetry Grammy Nominee, Creative Loafing’s People’s Choice Award Winner for Spoken Word Artist of the Year, as heard on albums by: Robert Glasper, Coriology, a seen on Married to Medicine, Verses & Flow, 106 & Park, the Apollo Theater and the longest running host and event curator at the World Famous Apache Cafe.
For each event, we look for the best Poets in our host city to side with Queen Sheba on #TeamPoetry and we look for a roving, guest 'Captain' of the MCs + Hip-Hop artists on #TeamHipHop to oppose the poets and see who's got the best lyrics, wit & stage show!
How it works: Poets will go head-to-head with Emcees in a FRIENDLY, all Peace and all Love "battle". Queen Sheba will call up one poet and one emcee for each round, they are REQUIRED to hug (or dap or show each other love in some way) to emphasize the bridging of gaps and culture - then the Poet and the Emcee perform one at a time; with the order being alternated each round. Each artist is encouraged to perform their BEST work in a 4-minute time period - at the end of each round, the audience cheers wildly, throws money, stomps on the floor and goes bananas for their favorite performance! The team who wins the best out of 3 rounds wins $1000 in cash on the spot!
What do you win?!: Bragging rights! Connections, new friends, networking. Healing people's hearts. Saving someone from a messed-up relationship. These are all the things you REALLY win! And then, you get to TikTok all your friends and tell them you won your round and your team won the battle! Most shows, the winners of each round get to choose between a mystery envelope with a small cash stipend -and- some Poetry vs. Hip-Hop (PvHH) swag. YAY! Chicken and Waffles for everyone!
At the end of the show: Audience members are introduced to the best Poetry, Spoken Word & Hip-Hop your perspective city has to offer and you will leave feeling empowered and light-hearted, cheering, hugging and taking pictures with everyone! The artists are reminded they are the pulse of their community and continue to be inspired to produce great works to heal the world.
...and our small, touring, crew that makes up PvHH goes back to our hotel room, or Airbnb or someone's home who was kind enough to house us ... feeling fulfilled and exhausted .... ready to plan our next trip! (Hint...hint... this means bring us to your city!)
Recap Video #1: https://youtu.be/0p1jcJANgrU?si=oT4McDvxTeYRp9Z_(opens in a new tab)
Recap Video #2: https://youtu.be/HQEPThaoTj8?si=DL4eHilCjkYSV8ZK(opens in a new tab)
PvHH Previous Press:
Creative Loafing!(opens in a new tab)
Voyage ATL(opens in a new tab)
Boston Globe!(opens in a new tab)
Bay State Banner(opens in a new tab)
Allston Pudding(opens in a new tab)(opens in a new tab)
CIAA Baltimore 2023(opens in a new tab)
