[Spotlight] George Watsky

Oh hai
It's that guy
Built so fly in a silk bow tie
Don't know why
He built so fly
But he is no lie
Oh my

Witness this video that went viral:





How did he do that? Practice or just plain natural?

George Watsky is a poet and rapper from San Francisco, California. This guy who now base himself in Los Angeles was featured on Season 6 of Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry on HBO. He was the 2006 Youth Speaks Grand Slam Poetry Champion, 2006 Brave New Voices International Poetry Slam Champion, and performed in a record six consecutive Youth Speaks Grand Slam Finals. The last three of those audiences, all topping out at over 3,000, were the largest ever for poetry slams anywhere in the world. In 2009 Watsky was one of three poets who performed live on FOX at the NAACP Image Awards in honor of Russell Simmons’ lifetime achievement award, and in 2011 he performed live as a guest on the Ellen Degeneres Show on two separate occasions.

George Watsky performs slam poetry which is a very competitive art of performance poetry, emphasizing on writing and performance. Basically, in order for you to win in poetry slam, you have to have an edge in your poem and how you recite it. Learn more about it here.

Other than performing in poetry slam, George Watsky is also a rapper and uploads his performance on Youtube. He collaborated with various Youtubers and musicians such as Kush Mody, Dumbfoundead, Mieka Pauley and Nice Peter.

Here are some of his videos:




Watsky and Mody: Man of Constant Sorrow featuring Dylan Saunders




Watsky and Mody: Ghost Party featuring Mieka Pauley




Watsky ft. Intuition & Dumbfoundead: A New Kind of Sexy



Watsky: Show Goes On (Lupe Fiasco mini-mix)



Epic Rap Battles of History: Dr Seuss vs William Shakespeare
George Watsky as William Shakespeare
Mickey Meyer as Dr Seuss
Nice Peter as Cat in the Hat
EpicLloyd as Thing 1 and Thing 2




Nice Peter and Dante Monday Zombie Blues featuring George Watsky

Credits:
George Watsky.Com
George Watsky on Wikipedia
Poetry Slam, Inc,

More George Watsky:
George Watsky's Channel
George Watsky's 2nd Channel
George Watsky on Bandcamp
George Watsky on Twitter
George Watsky on Facebook