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Poet & Radio Presenter
Mr Gee:Presented BBC Radio 4's "Rhyme & Reason", "Bespoken Word" & 'Poetic Justice". Founding member of Chill Pill Collective.
Starred as "the poet" for the West End run of "Into the Hoods"Was the "poet laureate" for Russell Brand's SONY Award winning Radio Show (yes I was there during "Sachsgate")
Supported Russell Brand on the "Messiah Complex" tour (first performance poet to do a set at the O2, in front of 16,000 people!),Had a cameo role in the film "Get Him To The Greek"
Writes current affairs poems for BBC regional radio & National Prison Radio.
"A charming and politically articulate street poet” - The Times
Mr Gee:Presented BBC Radio 4's "Rhyme & Reason", "Bespoken Word" & 'Poetic Justice". Founding member of Chill Pill Collective.
Starred as "the poet" for the West End run of "Into the Hoods"Was the "poet laureate" for Russell Brand's SONY Award winning Radio Show (yes I was there during "Sachsgate")
Supported Russell Brand on the "Messiah Complex" tour (first performance poet to do a set at the O2, in front of 16,000 people!),Had a cameo role in the film "Get Him To The Greek"
Writes current affairs poems for BBC regional radio & National Prison Radio.
"A charming and politically articulate street poet” - The Times
107 Episodes
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#Olympics #SpokenWord
Sports themed poem set to music by L. Mohammed.
Author & Poet Lemn Sissay MBE verbalises with Joshua Idehen & Mr Gee for the final show. Reflecting on his long standing career in the Creative Arts since the 80's and his suggestion on why we should all be "Ninjas".
#LemnSissay #SpokenWord #Racism #TheQueen #Poetry #UK
Chill Pill member Deanna Rodger gatecrashes in on Joshua Idehen & Mr Gee to spread the word of Unconditional Love, Twerking & movie stereotyping, plus we cover all things Hotep!
#Ghostbusters #ThirdEye #Twerk #Bjork #JillScott #Afrocentric #Hotep
MC Afrikan Boy speaks to Joshua Idehen & Mr Gee about his early days working with M.I.A. the rising influence of Modern Africa & the Heritage of Grime.
#Grime #Afrobeat #MIA #Immigrant #Empire #Power #2pcc
Poet Caleb Femi (#sxwks) hangs out with Joshua Idehen & Mr Gee to discuss the #BlackLivesMatter march in London, the recent riots in Hyde Park & share our love/hate relationship with Festivals.
#BlackLivesMatter #HydePark #Festivals #LoveBox #Wireless #Latitude #GaryYounge #Kelis
Poet Rachel Long explains why she decided to form her Collective "Octavia" to represent Women of Colour. We discuss the #BlackLivesMatter movement ask what exactly is a "Post Racial Society?"
#Revanant #BlackLivesMatter #HiatusKaiyote #OscarsSoWhite
Poet & #DifferenceMaker Hollie McNish joins Joshua Idehen & Mr Gee to ponder over the realistic implications of a female Prime Minister, the propagation of gender roles in advertising & the retelling of the slave tale Roots for 2016.
#JeremyCorbyn #TheresaMay #Roots #HollieMcNish #Feminism
Sean Mahoney is this week's guest, talking to Joshua Idehen & Mr Gee about his one man show " Until You Hear That Bell" & it's #boxing theme. There's a "No-Brexit" rule being enforced, so we talk about Open-Mic Nights, Computer Games & #DizzeeRascal #SamuraiJack
#Bloodborne #PacMan #DarkSouls
Poet Suli Breaks joins in the Post #Brexit debate with Joshua Idehen & Mr Gee. Reflections on the deep divisions exposed within UK society, the rise in Hate Crimes & last (but not least) #GameOfThrones. #Farage #Leave #Corbyn #Remain
George The Poet drops in to join Joshua Idehen & Mr Gee to talk about working with #PrinceHarry arguing with #NigelFarage & breaking down the genius of #Jayz in the 90's #Brexit #BorisJohnson #Leave #Remain
Joshua Idehen & Mr Gee are joined by poet Keith Jarrett on the night before the referendum vote. Analysing the tragic events in #Orlando, the death of #JoCox & the tactics of #NigelFarage. #Brexit #UKIP #DavidCameron #BorisJohnson #EU #Trump #Homophobia #Immigration #Terrorism #Barbershop3 #TrophyKids #guncontrol
Joshua Idehen & Mr Gee are joined by fellow poet & photographer Jolade from the amazing "Sx Wks Collective". Discussing the implications of the #Brexit vote & the evolution of #SpokenWord artists in the UK. #Jolade #Floetry #Greeds #sxwks #10CloverfieldLane #Immigration
Mr Gee recounts meeting his hero #MuhammadAli, Joshua Idehen gives a harrowing update on the #BrockTurnerVictim case. And of course we argue over movies! #HardcoreHenry #Victoria, #Girlhood, #Avatar, #Duel, #Amistad #SchindlersList #WhenWeWereKings #BrockTurner #OscarPistorius
Jordan Stephens from #RizzleKicks joins Joshua Idehen & Mr Gee to talk about the state of Music, Battle Rap & we ask "Will #Marvel ever make a good #Hulk movie?" #DeadPool #Thor #AntMan #Blade #IronMan #BlackPanther #DrStrange #AsapFerg #Wildhood
Joshua Idehen & Mr Gee recap the whole #AzealiaBanks Twitter Storm & ask how it relates to the state of society. Author Bridget Minamore discusses the difference between the world of journalism & the world of poetry. We also review #CaptainAmerica #Daredevil #MilesDavis & #JungleBook
Author & Journalist Bridget Minamore joins Joshua Idehen & Mr Gee to talk about her new book "Titanic". We also discuss the allegations against Afrika Bambaataa & Woody Allen as well as the trend of albums from big names being released without any promotion. #AfrikaBambaataa #WoodyAllen #HipHop #Skepta #DavidBowie #Rihanna
Demo tracks from an album deal that never was...
Joshua Idehen & Mr Gee delve into #GamerGate & ask whether or not you can still be a fan of an artist's work even if you disagree with their views or actions. #RKelly #BillCosby #ChrisBrown
Joshua Idehen & Mr Gee deliberate over the passing of #Prince, the evolution of #Beyoncé, blatant "blackface" in the #NinaSimone film & subtle racism in #Hollywood.
Joshua Idehen & Mr Gee discussing #JustinBieber's dreadlocks, Cultural Appropriation, poetry shows & #BatmanVsSuperman