After lighting the fuse for the hip-hop explosion more than two decades ago, Russell Simmons has extended his Defness to the Def Poetry Jam tour, coming straight from Broadway. With rhymes as diverse ...

Russell Simmons is looking to bring his HBO poetry series to Gotham this fall as a live stage show. “Def Poetry Jam” goes up June 25 in San Francisco at Theater on the Square for a limited engagement ...

Seventeen years after the HBO show ‘Def Poetry Jam’ went off the air, co-creator Danny Simmons is reviving the spoken word showcase in Philadelphia. Danny Simmons, creator of Def Poetry Jam, has ...

Steve Colman is an award-winning spoken word poet, playwright, producer, and director. He co-wrote and co-starred in the Tony Award-winning Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry Jam on Broadway and ...

The Great White Way embraces the hip-hop roots of slam poetry with Def Poetry Jam on Broadway. It's part of entrepreneur Russell Simmons' mission to bring hip-hop culture to the masses. He owns a ...

Russell Simmons is looking to restart his Def Poetry Jam and is talking with Grammy-winner Chance the Rapper to host it. Simmons teased the new project, which would be called All Def Poetry, today on ...

FLINT, MI--One of the most accomplished spoken word poets in the country performed and gave a workshop in Flint this week. And along with showcasing the skills that have earned him his reputation, he ...