Public Enemy, A Tribe Called Quest, Wu-Tang Clan, Erykah Badu, and countless others cite The Last Poets as a major influence. Ed.Ī founding member of the American music and spoken-word group The Last Poets, Abiodun Oyewole is also known as a founding father of hip hop. Its goal was to dismantle the systems of oppression that held people of color back and inspire artists to speak out. As he explains here, the Poets’ intent was to elucidate America’s history of mistreatment of Black people with words and honest expression. Warning: some might find the use of some language here offensive (namely the N word), but it serves a higher purpose in context of the profile and subject. Reprinted from our sister paper The Village Voice, this exclusive interview with Abiodun Oyewole of the seminal collective The Last Poets is a must read for fans of hip hop and Black art.
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