LYRICAL ALUMNI / JERMAINE HUGHES
JERMAINE HUGHES
Spoken word poet, public speaker and author from East Oakland. LYRICAL Alumni, inducted into the Lyrical Opposition roster with the Winter 2015 class.
On stage
Performances, newest first.
Listening to God
June 14, 2020 · FirstPres Hayward livestream (#FPCHlive) · spoken word piece
Watch on VimeoEkklesiae at Grace Fellowship
February 18, 2020 · Grace Fellowship Community Church, San Francisco · improvised spoken word with Ken Medema
See the postLyrical Assembly 005: Freedom Narrative
January 19, 2020 · Zaccho Dance Theatre, San Francisco
See the postLyrical Assembly 003
December 1, 2019 · Mission Bay Community Church, San Francisco · host
See the postFirstPres Hayward
August 25 and 27, 2019 · Castro Valley · presented by Lyrical Opposition
Original listing#WeAreStillHere
November 2017 · Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland · Urban Native Era x Lyrical Opposition
See the postWorship & Flow
July 30, 2017 · Richmond · featured spoken word artist
#BlackMindsMatter
February 22, 2017 · College of San Mateo · free spoken word poetry event
See the postPoets In Autumn Tour: Graffiti Artist
October 23, 2015 · SFCC, San Francisco · Kingdom Promo and Art Alive Movement
Watch on lyrical.coParadigm Rhymes
September 6, 2014 · JCIL Church, Daly City · his first performance with Lyrical Opposition, at its first Paradigm Rhymes
See the lineupBooks and poetry
Woke Not Broke: Ambition in the Face of Oppression
Poetry book · Lulu, November 2018 · paperback, 96 pages · ISBN 978-0-359-21491-4 · released at the close of his Woke Not Broke writing workshops in Oakland
See the bookWorkshops and talks
Lyrical Ones: Lyrical Legacy Edition
June 2020 · interviewed with Cheddy and OD the Wordsmith about being part of Lyrical Opposition
Lyrical Academy workshop
November 9, 2019 · Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland · self-care and financial literacy through spoken word, with June Elizabeth
See the postWoke Not Broke writing workshops
October and November 2018 · Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland · hosted with Lyrical Opposition, ending with his book release on November 17
See the postWith Lyrical Opposition
Jermaine Hughes found his voice at a Youth Speaks poetry slam in high school. He was a featured spoken word artist at Lyrical Opposition's first Paradigm Rhymes in Daly City in September 2014, and Lyrical Opposition inducted him into its roster with the Winter 2015 class, alongside Cheddy Uluave, June Elizabeth, Brittany Williams and Benjamin Uluave. He headlined UNDIVIDED 9 in 2017, performed at UNDIVIDED 10: COLLECTIVE, spoke at TEDxSoMa the same year, facilitated personal finance and spoken word workshops for Lyrical Academy, hosted Lyrical Assembly 003 in 2019 and performed at Freedom Narrative in 2020. In 2018 he closed his Woke Not Broke writing workshop series, hosted with Lyrical Opposition in Oakland, with the release of his poetry book Woke Not Broke.
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