National Poetry Slam Champion. Cultural Diplomat for the Department of State. Kundiman Fellow.
G YAMAZAWA has been featured on ABC, NBC, NPR, PBS, and has toured over 200 universities both domestic and internationally. With notable performances at the Sundance Film Festival and the Pentagon, G continues to challenge the American perspective of race & culture, poetry & rap, and the phenomena of the human condition.
G's debut album "Shouts to Durham," charted at #37 on the iTunes top 100 rap albums, and is currently working on his sophomore release
Source: https://gyamazawa.com/
G Yamazawa has been a guest on 1 episode.
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#019: G Yamazawa - "Way of The Shogun"
June 23rd, 2020 | Season 2 | 1 hr 12 secs
art, buddhism, conversation, covid19, culture, hip hop, human, humanity, interview, music, politics, rap, society, world
Anuj is joined by G Yamazawa, in this conversation deep into the COVID19 pandemic. G Yamazawa is an innovative rapper, spoken word poet and hip hop artist. Originally out of Durham, North Carolina, G is now based in Los Angeles.
G shares a lot about his life growing up, how hip hop entered his life, and the path that spoken word poetry opened up for him to find his own voice in the world of hip hop. Anuj and G unpack life in the US at the early stages of the COVID19 pandemic, as well as the worlds of artistry, social media, creativity and evolving as an artist. This is a fresh glimpse into the mind of a prolific artist.