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About me: SHYSTER IS A AWARD WINNING POET 2008 ALTERNATIVE SOUL AWARD FOR BEST POEM ;THE NOTORIOUS P.O.E.T AND CO-HOST OF ATLTERNATIVE AWARD WINNER FOR BEST VENUE JUS WORDS ALSO NOMINATED 2007 PHILLY HIP-HOP AWARDS BEST POET AND ALTERNATIVE SOUL AWARD FOR BEST CD THE FINAL CALL ASLO AGAIN NOMINATED 4X IN 2008 ALTERNATIVE SOUL AWARDS BEST SPOKEN WORD ARTIST,BEST SPOKEN WORD CD AND ,BEST PERFORMER.
So, when and where did I begin my journey into the word art you ask?? Two answers: the beginning goes way back to childhood, growing up during the birth of hip-hop, falling in love with it, and rapping with friends from my neighborhood and school. Being a Closet Poet, only letting my 9th grade English teacher, Mrs. Holliday, read my writing. (Thank you Mrs. Holliday!) The early passion I had for Black History, reading anything I could get my hands on. Now we jump through childhood to January 2004 when I recited my first piece on stage at Jus Words (the venue I'm now the co-host of, along with Queen Shakirah (who appears on my last two CD's Mrs. Betty's Son 2006 and The Final Call) and Sam-I-Am) By the way, Jus Words is every Thursday night from 9pm-1am at 1310 N. Broad Street, Philly, PA.
Since January 2004, I have released three CD's: the 1st in July 2005 entitled "Mrs. Betty's Son, which people inside and outside the open mics have received well. The follow-up to the 1st CD is titled "Mrs. Betty's Son 2006" (released April 2006). I have now combined the two and packaged it as a double CD, bringing me to my third and current CD "Mrs. Betty's Son: The Final Call" (I promised my mother after she passed in August 2004 that I would put her name on everything I do, to keep her spirit alive). I love the growth in the writing and production of each CD. I do everything I can to keep them in rotation because it documents my life, ideas, and beliefs. I have been blessed many times over since beginning my venture into word art, doing venues and shows from Delawrae to Philly to New Jersey D.C,NYC AND BALTIMORE, meeting and making friends and family out of people I have come in contact with. But I felt I was becoming drained from being inside the open-mics, reciting words of empowerment and social commentary and not being able to get to the people that need to hear it the most. Yet again, God opened more doors for me, inspired me to do community outreach with my word art, giving me access to schools, church events, youth shelters, prisons and youth summits where 90% of the time I was able to give the children something to feel and think about.
Which brings me to this stage, where I have become a member of Poetry-N-Motion, a collective who is about impowering the community through art. For more information, go to www.myspace.com/wlpoetrynmotion.
To contact or comment, please email to: mrsbettys_son@verizon.net/
Hey Shyst, whats up, haven't seen u in a minute, been workin 2 jobs so its hard 4 meto get out but i hope all is well and hopefully i can make it out in the next couple of wks. peace and god bless.
THE MIC IS DEFINITELY OPEN EVERY TUESDAY IN SOUTHWEST PHILLY. 9PM UNTI AT SHORTY'S PLACE 52ND & WOODLAND AVE W/ THE QUEEN OF THE OPEN MIC PAMELA KNIGHT & BAND GET THERE EARLY TO GET ON
Everything you spit is hot like fire and sharp like swords// burning up ur throat n ripping out ur vocal cords//so you spit from ur heart//letting ur bload soaked words fuel the spark..in our minds//turning on the switch that gives sight to the blind//and light for the grind//causing lost souls to reach for the vine and partake of the wine that He left behind//sayin take yea and drink all of it//this is My blood//take My Word and eat it//this is what great men are made of//and if its hard for you to trust that I lived and died and died and live to give you life then trust the living desciple I left behind....His name is SHYST!!
What up Shys, jus stoppin thru showin some love...the new cd is hot like fire my man...havent stopped playin it since I put it in the truck!!...Everybody that rides with me is fallin in love with ur message sir....Keep it up!!! Bless. Much Respect, B Melody:-)
yo shys I just wanted to let you know that you did the thing with this new CD. "shoulda finished the job when you had me out on the streets spiritually dead, but it's too late now I'm in gods hands"
Just stoping by to show some luv and say that ya cd is really hot I'm passing it on to my co-worker who has a youth media program at gtown because really needs to hear powerful poems likes these. Keep up the good work. Much luv!!!
Stace
I can kick you in ya head for writing "Conversations" and then recording it... and then... I'm at work when I'm listening to it! I can't take this. and then... you have a nerve to have 3 tracks after it on the same tip! I so don't need this. ah Shyst... put a disclaimer on this~ LOL.
What Up Family.... Definitely digging the New CD Poet.... I see it has some of my Favs on there.. "Fatherless Child," "Rising w/Cris Cream," & Some New Tracks I am liking... "Black Boy Lost" & "Poems In The Key Of Life" ... Keep Inspiring, Uplifting, & Building.... One Family, Poet to Poet....
Hey man this is Justin from the First friday open mic joint,and Im still amazed by the cd I bought of yours. You are ridiculous for real man....every song? every poem? hott like that for real? Im a ForevaFan now man!!!
I listened to your cd yesterday and right now, actually. It's really incredible. I know you get compliments for your work all the time, but these are fresh ears hearing it and I'm so proud of what you do. I haven't heard anyone refer to us as Africans in so long - it's just so nice to know that someone, somewhere hasn't forgotten. It was the best investment I've made in a long time!
