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Graffiti DC: An Interview with Rasheed Copeland



  • What was your first slam experience like? My first slam experience was very impromptu. My first time witnessing a slam was also my first time competing I’m one. It was against nearly everyone in the DC area who’s inspired me. I wound up getting a time penalty which knocked me from first place to no place. It didn’t even matter though, the feeling was unmatched. 
  • What music that inspires you to write poetry? All kinds!! a few artists in particular include John Mayer, Lupe Fiasco, Stevie Wonder, and The Beatles   
  • What is your biggest pet peeve? obnoxious behavior   
  • Who/What inspires you? Im inspired by any and everything ginuine. i’m somewhat of a sponge.   
  • Favorite Book Lest i be too long winded i’ll name only 5.  The Isis Papers by Dr. Francis Cress Welsing, Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin, The Miseducation of a Negro by Carter G. Woodson, My Name is Jason, Mine Too by Jason Reynolds & Jason Griffin.   
  • Favorite food Anything Italian!   
  • Favorite movie Paid in full, Black Swan, 500 days of summer, Amelie, Miracle at St. Anna, Do the right thing   
  • Favorite place to go in DC Spit Dat Open Mic, Sankofa intl Baptist Church, The Portrait Gallery (modern art section especially)   
  • What do u do besides poetry? I paint, cook, read, and look nice in suits 
  • What was the subject of the last poem you wrote? My father’s hands   
  • What’s the most annoying thing about performing? Trying to make certain you connect with the audience.   
  • What would your friends say about you? That im hilarious and not as reserved and quiet as i may seem   
  • If you could pick anyone, who would you collaborate with for a poem? ken arkind   
  • In a perfect world (fill in the blank) Vagina Whispering poetry would cause genital worts.
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