Joy Keys chats with POET Ursula Rucker

Ursula Rucker is a Philadelphia born poet, mother, activist and recording artist. She has been performing, recording and releasing works for over 17 years. She is dedicated to art as/for social change…and committed to freedom fighting, truth-telling and peace making through her chosen art form.

To date, Ursula has released five solo albums (Supa Sista, Silver or Lead, ma’at mama, Ruckus Soundsysdom, She Said)…as well as collaborated on over 50 songs, in a wide array of musical genres, with producers/artists from around the world (such as King Britt, Bahamadia, The Roots, 4 Hero, Jazzanova, Louis Vega, Incognito).

 Ursula was awarded both the Leeway Foundation’s Art for Change & Transformation Awards. She is the feature of a documentary short called POET. And currently, she has just completed her first book, Drown the Devil…a collaborative project of poems and photos dedicated to New Orleans with Pulitzer prize winning photojournalist, Clarence Williams.

Ursula Rucker POET documentary trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch%3fv=xkl4HnjtaJM

Ursula Rucker 'She Said' Video at TEDxTalks: http://bit.ly/sSUBU8

TWITTER: @urucker

MYSPACE: http://www.myspace.com/ursularucker