Black Chakra is a spoken word and hip-hop artist whose talents have been showcased on stages across America. In his time competing in poetry slam competitions he has been a national poetry slam champion, Texas Grand Slam champion, Southern Fried slam champion and a plethora of others too long to list. Black Chakra embodies the city of Baltimore through aggressive performance and incredible writing. Next to being the talented writer that he is what he takes most pride in is being a youth poetry teacher for Dewmore  Baltimore. He helps Baltimore youths cultivate their talent and showcase it on National stages.

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Z From Baltimore founder of Volcanic Voices, is a spoken word artist, slam poet, emcee and host from Baltimore, Maryland, currently living on Oahu. Z uses his passion and pen to inspire others to find their own voice and speak truth to power. He is the 2019 Hawaii Grand Slam Champion, as well as the 2019 Aloha Grand Slam Champion. Z has been featured on All Def Poetry and hosts a weekly virtual open mic on his IG live every Saturday, featuring some of the top poets in the world.