Biography
Ise Lyfe is one of the world’s premiere Spoke Word Hip-Hop Theatre artist from Oakland, CA.
“…He might someday take over Mos Def’s mantle as Hip-Hop’s activist poet laureate”
–Seattle Weekly
“Four Stars!”, “If revolution had a movie, Ise Lyfe just might be theme music”
-AllHipHop.com
Outright awesome as an Artist, he is a force to be reckoned with on stage, a fledging force in both arenas of Spoken Word and Hip-Hop. In addition to Hip-Hop and Spoken Word, Ise Lyfe is an innovative businessman-The Owner, Founder, and Executive Director of Lyfe Productives – a company whose main focus is to create a popular culture of consciousness and finds ways to make both standard and alternative education provocative for young people growing up in the inner-city. Not only has he performed on Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam on HBO, Ise has shared the stage with a number of famed artist, including Dave Chappelle, Lauryn Hill, Talib Kweli, Dead Prez, E-40,Harry Belafonte, KRS-One, Martin Luther, Saul Williams, Ben Harper and Erykah Badu, Zion Eye, and The Coup. In the summer of 2008, Ise Lyfe will be dropping his second LP, “Prince Cometh” (7even89ine Music). The album picks up where the first left off as Ise continues to make thought provoking music, but also gives listeners a more personal perspective.
Accolades:
• Voted 4 Stars by All Hip Hop.Com
• City Flight Magazine’s Top 25 under 35
• Honored at the 12th Annual African American Excellence in Business
• One of the top “101 Black men in California making a Difference”, stood proud as the youngest honoree
Projects:
• Spread The Word | 2006, Hard Knock Records
• Prince Cometh | 2008, 7even89ine Music
• Who’s Krazy | one man theatre piece
• "Pistols and Prayers" | first book
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