MF Doom, Redman, Herbie Hancock, Ninjaman, Public Enemy, Saffir, Steve Coleman, Company Flow, Buju Bantan, Immortal Technique, Alice Coltrane, Black Star, Saul Williams, Omar, Peter Tosh, Marley Marl, The Roots, Madlib, At the X Roads, John Coltrane, EPMD, Prokofiev, Bob Marley, Gary Numan, Gil Scott Heron, Ice Cube, Art Ensemble of Chicago, James Brown, Sun Ra, Sa-Ra Creative Partners, Illogic, KRS 1... etc
Movies
Star Wars... the whole 6 act opera! The Matrix (Wachowski bros jacked the 1st one then sloppily made up the other 2... nah true?) Style Wars (do ..aries count?) Blazing Saddles, Once Were Warriors, Barbarella, Scarface, City Of God, The Cube, Requiem For A Dream, Gummo, Hot Latin Honeys 4, Roots, Beat Street, Irreversible, Do The Right Thing, Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, Singing In The Rain, The Devils...
Marcus Garvey, Shaka Zulu, Joan of Arc, Guy Fawkes, Harriet Tubman, Che Guevara, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Black Panthers at the Olympics, Nelson Mandela, Robert Mugabe, Bin Laden the 'virtual' bad guy (i don't think he exists!)
Jonzi D's Details
Status:
In a Relationship
Here for:
Networking, Dating, Friends
Orientation:
Straight
Hometown:
LONDON
Religion:
Other
Zodiac Sign:
Virgo
Children:
Someday
Occupation:
Hip Hop Theatre artist
Jonzi D's Companies
Jonzi D Productions London, UK Artistic Director
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About me: Generous. Open. Driven. Workaholic. Always on some other shit... ie www.breakinconvention.com and www.jonzi-d.co.uk
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Jonzi D has been actively involved in British Hip Hop culture, emceeing and b-boying in clubs and on the street since the early eighties.
Since graduating from the London Contemporary Dance School, Jonzi has been committed to the development of Hip Hop theatre, creating Lyrikal Fearta in 1995, and Aeroplane Man in 1999. He was an Associate Artist at The Place Theatre and has performed and created dance theatre pieces all over Europe, North America, Israel, New Zealand, Cuba and Southern Africa.
In the UK, Jonzi D's new company Jonzi D Productions is an Associate Company of Sadler's Wells and based at the theatre. He is also the curator and host of the acclaimed Breakin' Convention, International Hip Hop Dance Theatre festival, nominated for a South Bank Show Award. He has directed pieces for Robert Hylton, Benji Reid, Jane Sekonya, Loop Dance Co, the Apples and Snakes 'Broken Words' tour, and ACE Dance and Music. He was commissioned by Walker Arts in Minneapolis to create a solo for Leah Nelson. Jonzi has devised, choreographed and featured in various Hip Hop inspired fashion shows including, 40 degrees at Earls Court, and State Property for Rocawear at The Royal Festival Hall. He is currently a board member of both Youth Dance England and Revelation Arts and Media.
As an MC/poet, Jonzi has worked with The Roots, Steve Williamson, Mannafest, Lenny Henry, MC Mell 'O' and toured with Gangstarr and Jeru Tha Damaja in 1994. He was featured on HBO's Def Poetry Jam, Channel 4's Faking It, and his short films Silence da bitchin and Aeroplane Man were also screened on Channel 4. In 1995, he was creative consultant on LWT's South Bank Show special ..ing the art and culture of Hip Hop. He is creator and host of the successful Apricot Jam and Vertikal Cypher infamous Hip Hop music and open mic sessions. He was presenter of the 2005 4Dance for Channel 4 television and was recently the performance mentor for Urban Classic at Hackney Empire in February 2006.
Who I'd like to meet: Creative Hip Hoppers and peeps who see beyond the b.s
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North London rapper Sway presents his turbo-charged, party single Mercedes-Benz. The first Sway release to roll off the production line in several months, this freshly polished, fun-loving track shows the lighter side of the versatile, finely-tuned vocalist.
You can watch the video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECAoCSZ4rsU
Hey! Please watch our new Video & share your thoughts! Hope all is Well with you!, Peace and Love ... Blue..ooOO> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjXt068d1xI
Yo Jonzi Dasaurus. I just found out that we're related...and as a special family only present we've made a new song for you called "End of Days" (start doing backflips now). It's an epic instrumental opus to the moment when our ancient Dino relatives saw a large fiery object plummeting towards them. Please come to our page, give it a listen and let us know if it makes you feel like something catastrophic is gonna happen. If the song upsets you too much we will be holding several s support groups (read: comcerts) in the near future. Check our page for locations, dates and times.
Just to let you know there's a new Blog on the David Mensah Official My Space Page where you can find out about David's latest Newsletter and a big competition we're organizing next month. There’ll be exciting prizes to be won so don't miss out on this occasion :) If you wish, you can subscribe to the Blog on our page to keep up to date with David's news.
How u doing? Long time? Hope you can make this as it would be good to catch up, Teju.
All at the same time we are celebrating African History Month and the birthdays of MC T.A.L.E.N.T and Lyrical Healer.
You can’t afford to miss this, as who knows when you’ll get this line up in the same place again?
Creative Tongues presents you again with Up Close & Inspirational - a nutritious night of soulful singing, conscious rap, positive poetic vibes, clean comedy and draw dropping drama.
Limited open-mic slots available, so if you are a performer and you want to give us a snippet of what you have to offer, please arrive early.
Although we are about breaking down barriers, this spectacular occasion will be held at The Wall Bar, 45 Old Broad Street, London EC2N 1HU (off London Wall/nr Liverpool St Stn and opp HSBC.
Features include: Simply Andy (Comedian) Lyrical Healer (Poet/Singer) Segge Dan (Rapper) Urban Scribes man (Poet) Raphael (Poet)
The show finishes at 10.00 pm, then the after party begins ...
.WATCH MILLIONS OF VIDEOS .LISTEN TO MILLIONS OF SONGS .CONNECT WITH FRIENDS AND NEW FRIENDS .100'S OF PEOPLE JOINING EVERY DAY I HOPE I CAN HAVE YOUR SUPPORT
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