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Run Loses Poet Laureate Bid (www.allhiphop.com):
Rev. Run [of Run/DMC] was denied the status of poet laureate yesterday (April 23) in Queens, New York.

The winner was noted Korean-American poet Ishle Yi Park who is ironically, a poet that appears on Def Poetry, which was created by the younger Simmons' older brother Russell.

Yi Park, 26, said that she was honored to be compared with Run, because she grew up listening to Run and Hip-Hop music. [...]

Simmons said that he felt Queens wasn't ready for a rapper as a poet and was setting a goal of becoming the national poet laureate.

Her journal is here.

This entry was posted by eeksypeeksy on Saturday, April 24, 2004 at 5:57 PM. You can skip to the end and leave a response.

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