Poetry
Gylan Kain, Spoken Word Artist Who Co-Founded the Original Last Poets, Dies at 81
Kain helped set the stage for rap with the Harlem collective’s beat-driven performance poetry about racism and oppression
Gylan Kain, the spoken-word artist known as Kain the Poet, who co-founded the influential New York outfit the Last Poets, died of complications from heart disease on February 7, The New York Times re… [+1605 chars]
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