Rafael Casal is a famous person. Writer, slam champion poet, recording artist, educator, and founding member of The Getback, Rafael Casal is one of the few multi-talented undeniable rising forces in the performance world. A 2-time (Inter) National BNV Poetry Slam Finalist Champion and 3-Time cast member of Russell Simmons' Def Poetry on HBO, Rafael has shared the stage with the likes of Common, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, KRS-ONE, Floetry, Kanye West, Saul Williams, Alanis Morissette, De La Sol, Dead Prez, Floetry, George Clinton, Carole King, Lyfe Jennings & numerous others, performing in front of crowds of up to 30,000.. Most recently, Rafael has released his full length debut LP As Good As Your Word, was a featured writer for Handbook of Social Justice in Education by Bill Ayers, and co-wrote The One Drop Rule; a Hip Hop theatre piece directed by GOLDIE award winner Marc Bamuthi Joseph in collaboration with San Francisco Jazz Ensemble and Alvin Ailey tap instructor Jason Samuel Smith. He is currently working as Creative Director for First Wave, the Hip Hop theater-based performing arts program at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

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Tags: poet, recording artist, educator, writer	[edit tags]

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Category: Poets  - ( Poets Archive)

Date Added: 05 June '09

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