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Thursday, June 27, 2013

Uzbek: #WarOfWords? Nah, its my victory speech.

He is not from Uzbekistan; a lot of people don't even know him by his real name.

Uzbek (Ibrahim Olawale Edu) is a lyricist, rapper, writer and wordsmith to name a few.

grew up listening to conscious rap and building on the messages he harnessed from the profound lyrics.

He is known for his wordplay and lyrical ability. A focused young man who believes in the power of words.

Now is the right time for him to showcase his talent to the world. He feels a good start is the #WarOfWords slam poetry competition..

He keeps saying HE IS IN TO WIN IT!

Watch the video after the break

He is Bionic with "wordly" habit #WarOfWords

We will be bringing to you the profiles of all the 15 finalists for WAR OF WORDS - Slam Poetry Competition. The event comes up on Sunday June 30th 2013 from 3pm at Bogobiri House, Ikoyi, Lagos.

First up...................BIONIC!!!!

Bionic is a veteran wordsmith that is wanted in over five states of the country for rhyme-related crimes.

He plans to cross seas with this ''wordly habit'' of his. He works as a Copywriter.

He's been writing words for as long as he can remember.

He carries a pen and a pad everywhere he goes...even to bed.

On very rare occasions that one of the two items is absent, he writes on any surface; his open palm, the back of his hand, lay-away flyers, even on the flipside of the golden paper on the inside of an empty, ripped cigarette pack. Hence his line, ''The pen is my weapon/Lyrical or physical/...''

He draws inspiration from reading the bible and all kinds of stuff, flyers, magazines, newspapers, books; encyclopedias, dictionaries (Trying to do a page a day). Lol.

He likes to work-out, swim, loves to play scrabble with his prettiful wife and chess.

Bionic feels the future of Spoken word in Nigeria is yet surprising to all. Keyword, all.

Catch more of his pieces on his youtube channel; www.youtube.com/hilltownbionic

Below is his entry for War Of Words -Slam Poetry Competition

The Poets on parade at WORD UP Volume 3.....!!!!

WORD UP Volume 3 featured an array of who is who in the Spoken Word Poetry circuit in Nigeria.

The poets who are Super Stars in their own right came from far and near, within and without to feature in the biggest Spoken Word Poetry event in Nigeria.

The poets dazzled, the audience laughed, smiled and enjoyed it all.

It was indeed an evening to remember.

Here are some of the faces that will soon dominate your TV sets when the Spoken Word Poetry industry fully takes off.