Tim'm T. West is a poet, emcee, scholar and the author of three books "Red Dirt Revival", "BARE", and "Flirting". A graduate of Duke, The New School, and Stanford universities, he is also co-founder of the now defunct rap group DDC. Tim'm followed their success with three solo projects, "Songs from Red Dirt", "Blakkboy Blue(s)", and the 2009 release “In Security: The Golden Error”. He also created and hosted the "Front Porch" Spoken Word/Soul/Hip Hop showcase in DC, Oakland, Chicago, Brooklyn, Atlanta, Dallas, Houston and various U.S. Colleges and Universities. Tim'm also appeared in Byron Hurt's "Beyond Beats and Rhymes", Alex Hinton's "Pick Up the Mic", and is featured Mario Van Peebles documentary "Bring your "A" Game". Tim'm left Houston in May 2011 to pursue creative and professional ventures in Chicago, IL. In June 2011 he debuted his new one-man-show "Ready, Set, Grow: a coming of age story" at Austin's (TX) Black Arts Movement Festival. On Independence day 2011, he released his 4th solo Project, "Fly Brotha". Find more about Tim'm's work at www.reddirt.biz
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