Funsho – Guild Complex

Poet, painter and photographer Funsho (foon-show) and a crew of poets, monologists, dancers, and musicians will use voice, movement, song and drumming to address issues of sexuality, and African American’s role in society.

Funsho has been performing his poetry in the Chicago area for the past three years. He is a student at Chicago?s Columbia College, majoring in photography. He is also a member of a Peanut Gallery, a national Hip-Hop organization with a loyal underground following; he also doubles as a member of the group Holy Nomadics. He has performed his work, both poetry and Hip Hop at De Paul University, Columbia University, No Exit Caf‚, Guild Complex, Lit-X and Afriware. His writing exposes the values of consciousness, community and positivity; this is reflected in his poetry and in his lyrics. Funsho is one of the few young artists to maintain a cohesion between the root which is poetry and what is now known as Hip-Hop.