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Malcolm London

Malcolm London

Young Poet, Educator, Activist & TED Speaker Known For "High School Training Ground"

Called the Gil-Scott Heron of this generation by Cornel West, Malcolm London is a young Chicago poet.

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Called the Gil-Scott Heron of this generation by Cornel West, Malcolm London is a young Chicago poet, performer, activist and educator.

As an organizer, London was part of a historic youth delegation to the United Nations in Geneva to address police violence in Chicago. Deeply interested in working on ways to improve the national education system, London regularly visits high schools, youth jails, colleges, and communities to work with students on writing workshops and performances. London also runs the largest youth open mic in Chicago alongside friend Chance The Rapper. He sees art as the intersection between justice and poetic imagination.

He has appeared on several TED Talks with John Legend and Bill Gates, and host events and performances with friend and fellow YCA alum Chance the Rapper and rapper Lupe Fiasco. His performances of poetry have taken place all across Chicago including at the Chicago Jazz Festival, the Du Sable Museum, and Steppenwolf Theater. He was the winner of Louder Than A Bomb Youth Poetry Festival 2011, taking first place as an individual performer. With his team, he has performed in venues across the country.

London is now taking what he’s learned from teaching and becoming an activist and putting it into music. London was one of three artists profiled in the Billboard Documentary piece, “Saving Chicago: Inside Hip-Hops Movement to Make Chicago a Better Place” when his debut project “#OPIA”, released in October 2016. In 2018, London released his first documentary, “Some Call It A Conspiracy: A Malcolm London Story” featuring Chance The Rapper.

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Malcolm London: "High School Training Ground"
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