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Professor Lyrical - Sample of College/University/Corporate Performances & Talk
UVA Community Based Workshop -Lighthouse Video, Charlottesville, VA -Rap performance, Interview, Video Workshop 02/20/23
UVA Community Based Workshop -Lighthouse Video, Charlottesville, VA -Rap performance, Interview, Video Workshop 01/23/23
Drill Down-Level Up Music Conference -Destin, Florida, Performance 01/20/23
UVA Community Based Workshop -Lighthouse Video, Charlottesville, VA -Rap performance, Interview, Video Workshop 11/07/22
UVA Community Based Workshop -Lighthouse Video, Charlottesville, VA -Rap performance, Interview, Video Workshop 10/27/22
US Naval Academy -Annapolis, MD -National Quantum Literacy Conference -Panel Discussion/Rap Performance/Talk 10/07/22
UDC-CC Washington, DC - First-Year Student Orientation -MC/Rap Performance of "Yo That's Pro" 6/01/22
Physics Fiesta -Solorio Academy HS, Chicago, Il - Rap performance of Yo That's Pro & STEAM SONG 3/18/22
LA County "Our SPOT" -Professional development session, Positive Youth Development via Hip Hop Culture 3/12/22
Verizon Innovative Learning –Young Men of Color Workshop -Guest Speaker 01/29/22
Amani Public Charter School (Mt. Vernon-NY) –Poetry Workshop & Slam -Speaker/Performer 06/01/21
Pound the Mic (Poetry Slam, Winner) –Haverhill, MA (Online) 04/23/21
Colorado University (Denver) –Dismantling the Stereotype, "Auraria Gotz Talent" -Guest Performance 4/20/21
National Math Festival (Syracuse, NY) –"Rapping With The Professor" (The Math of Songwriting) 04/17/21
ARTIVISM w/Dr. Noosh –Center for Identity and Inclusion at Colorado University -Guest Spoken Word Performance 03/21/21
National Math Festival –"Hip Hop Math with Professor Lyrical," Talk/Performance/Concert 01/12/21
National Math Festival –“Performing New Steps Together” National Math Festival Presenters -Talk/Performance 05/27/20
Missouri Virtual Academy –"Careers in Education and Training; STEM; Information Technology" (Manchester, MO) -V. Talk Guest Speaker 02/25/20
UDC –"The Power of the March, MLK & a Legacy of Activism, host: Rev. Mark Thompson"(Washington, DC) -Performance and Panelist 01/29/20
Argosy Collegiate Charter High School –"Hip Hop, STEM and STEAM with Professor Lyrical" (Fall River, MA) -Performance and Talk 11/22/19
Success Academy at Knotts –"The Relationship of Speed & Energy (w/My Career as Educator/Arist)" (Kansas City, MO) -V. Talk Presenter 11/04/19
University of the District of Columbia –UDC Film Festival (Washington, DC), -Performance 11/02/19
Guadalupe Centers HS –"How High School is Relevant to me, even if I am not Going to College (Kansas City, MO)- V. Talk Presenter 10/31/19
Kennedy Center –Words Beats & Life Festival (Washington, DC) -Performance 10/06/19
WNBA/Washington Mystics/Deloitte –“MysticSTEM rap” (Washington, DC), halftime Mystics/STEM rap -performance 8/11/19
John Adams Elementary –“Father Figures”(Alexandria, VA) Mentoring men about being a father -Guest Speaker 6/18/19
Johnson & Whales –Prof. Viscardi's Hip Hop Culture Class, Discussion (Providence, RI) -Guest Speaker 05/01/19
UDC "Ourstories" –Performance & Discussion (Washington, DC) -Host/Performance 03/29/19
Alden Theatre –TedxTysons (Special Pitch Event), Crampton Auditorium (Maclean, VA) -Performance 03/20/19
Howard University –TedxLedroitPark, Crampton Auditorium (Washington, DC) -Performance 02/27/19
League for Innovation Conference –Marriot Marquis (NYC) -Talk & Performance 02/25/19
UDC "Word of Issues" –Performance & Discussion (Washington, DC) -Host/Performance 11/26/18
Columbia University –#HipHopEd Conference (Washington, DC) -Paper & Performance 06/10/18
USA Science & Engineering Festival/AMS –Who Wants to be a Mathematician? (Washington, DC) -Featured Performance 04/06/18
Arlington Cinema (Arlington, VA) –Awesome NOVA "Awesome Pitch Night," -Performance 4/04/18
Roger Williams University w/Times2 Academy (Bristol, RI) –“STEM Talks,” -Talk & Performance w/Q&A 03/08/18
MIT (Cambridge, MA) –Professor Karatsolis Rhetoric Class Visit -Talk/Performance 03/08/18
Times2 Institute STEM (Warwick, RI) –“STEM Talks,” -Closing Talk & Performance 11/29/17
Busboys & Poets @ 5th & K (Washington, DC) -Feature Performance/Spoken Word 11/15/17
UDC David A. Clarke School of Law (Washington, DC) –Gender Justice Project Conference, -Performance/Talk 10/20/17
Howard University (Washington, DC) –Beats & Books (Music industry/education), -Panelist/Talk 10/18/17
Connecticut College (New London, CT) –Mellon Mays Undergrad Fellowship “Pathways to the Professoriate,” -Lecture 10/09/17
UDC (Washington, DC) –UDC Film Festival Closing "I Am Not Your Negro," -Performance 09/23/17
UDC (Washington, DC) –Fall 2017 UDC Convocation Closing Selection, -Performance 09/20/17
Kennedy Center (Washington, DC) –Pitch & Flow (Lyrical Winner for Sunculture.com), -Performance 09/13/17
Northeastern Univ. (Boston) –"NeXT" Experiential Learning Conference for inaugural cohort 07/19/17
USC (LA, CA) –Prof. Shafiqa Ahmadi & Darnell Coles' 1st Spoken Justice event Center for Ed. Identity & Soc. Justice, -Feat. Performance 03/09/17
USC (Los Angeles, CA) –"Dr. V." Class visit, -Discussion 03/08/17
MIT (Cambridge, MA) –Professor Karatsolis Rhetoric Class Visit "Helping Scientist Communicate Effectively," -Discussion/Performance 03/02/17
UMass-Boston –Boston Public Library Showcase Massachusetts Hip Hop -Archive, Talk 11/19/16
Boston Public Library (Rabb Hall) –Shakespeare Smackdown (winner), -Performance/Battle 10/25/16
SEIU1199 Union Hall (Dorchester, MA), –Hip Hop 4 Flint Boston -Performance 3/19/16
333 Tremont, Boston, MA –Cipher Divine, Hip Hop Education (Lyricism), -Performance/Class 3/05/16
MIT (Cambridge, MA) –Professor Karatsolis Rhetoric Class Visit "Helping Scientist Communicate Effectively," -Discussion/Performance 02/18/16
Landmark College (Putney, VT) –Self-Betterment and Redefining your Identity, -Performance/Talk 02/08/16
UTEC (Lowell, MA) –Lyricism contest, discussion and performance, -Performance/Talk 01/20/16
UTEC (Lowell, MA) –Lyricism discussion and performance, -Performance/Talk 12/16/15
~Preparing for Doctoral Dissertation Defense 1/2/15-12/1/15~
Tech Boston Academy, Dorchester, MA -Presentation/Talk w/students 10/01/14
UMass-Lowell –University Crossing -Performance 9/27/14
Central Connecticut State University -Performance 9/11/14
Northeastern University (Boston) –Boston Celtics "Stay in School" event, -Keynote/Performance 5/22/14
Boston College –Hip Hop, Its History, Its Effects, -Featured Panelist/Performer 5/08/14
Emerson College –Victory Stride, 60 Years of Civil Rights Progress, -Featured Performer/Speaker 2/26/14
UMass-Boston –Class Presentation w/Dr. Pacey Foster (Creative Markets and Hip Hop), -Speaker 2/20/14
Boston College –Black History Month (Hip Hop & Black History), -Panel/Speaker 2/19/14
Bristol Community College –Gateway Program Guest Speaking Event, -Speaker/Performance 10/11/13
University of Colorado Denver –SANKOFA Speaker Series with Dr. Robert Clift, Chuck D & Professor Lyrical, -Performer/Speaker 9/26/14
Northeastern University (Boston) –Incoming Student Event, -Emcee/Host/Speaker/Performance 9/03/13
Northeastern University (Boston) –Boston Parks & Recreation Summer Concert, -Emcee/Performance 7/22/13
Northeastern University (Boston) –Boston Celtics "Stay in School" event, -Keynote/Performance 5/23/13
MIT Media Lab –Museum of Science/Intel Computer Clubhouse, -Speaker/Performance 10/12/12
Northeastern Univ. (Boston) –Boston Celtics "Stay in School" event, -Keynote/Performance 5/23/12
Southern NH University (SNHU) –NHHEAF Destination College -Keynote, Speaker/Performance 3/24/12
New England Institute of Art (Boston) –College wax cylinder recording w/John Krivit, -Workshop Speaker 3/23//12
Northeastern University (Boston) –Sickle Cell Event w/ Prodigy of Mobb Deep, -Host/Performance 11//10/11
MCI Norfolk State Prison –La Familia and Young Father's Event, -Speaker/Performance 10/29/11
Northeastern University (Boston) –LASO.CVS @ AfterHours w/Yunel Cruz, -Performance 10/28/11
Northeastern University (Boston) –Color in Freedom, -Speaker/Performance 8/21/11
Possible Project (Cambridge) –High School student entrepreneurialism talk, -Speaker/Performance 8/14/11
Community Charter School of Cambridge –Career Glimpse, -Speaker/Performance 8/11/11
Northeastern University (Boston) –Boston Celtics "Stay in School" event, -Keynote/Performance 5/26/11
Southern NH University (SNHU) –NHHEAF Destination College -Keynote/Performance 3/26/11
New England Institute of Art (Boston), -Speak/Performance 12/02/10
Northeastern University (Boston) -Class Presentation w/Prof. Emmett Price, -Speak/Performance 12/01/10
Showa Institute of Japan (Boston), -Speak/Performance 10/24/10
Showa Institute of Japan (Boston), -Speak/Performance 5/04/10
Bay State College –Haley House (Dorchester), -Performance/Benefit 4/22/10
Southern NH University (SNHU) –NHHEAF Destination College Readiness, -Speak/Performance 3/28/09
Curry College –Healthy Choices W/District Attorney Keating, -Speak/Performance 3/12/09
Northeastern University –Sports in Society, -Speak/Performance 5/07/08
Harvard Graduate School of Education –Black Student Union Youth Day, -Speak/Performance 4/21/08
Southern NH University (SNHU) –NHHEAF "How College Made the Difference," -Panel/Performance 3/22/08
Berklee College –Songwriting Department Guest Lecturer, -Speak/Performance 2/19/08
Harvard Grad School of Education –Black Student Union Youth Day, -Speak/Performance 4/21/07
Bristol Community College –NE Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges, -Performance 4/20/07
Bentley College –"The Business & Culture of Hip Hop," -Speak/Performance 4/06/07
Bentley College –"The Business & Culture of Hip Hop; Historical Context," -Lecture/Performance 4/05/07
Eastern Nazarene College –Youth Violence Prevention, -Keynote/Performance 4/03/07
Plymouth State College –8th NHHEAF Destination College, -Panel/Performance 3/17/07
Harvard Graduate School of Education –Screening of "Beyond Beats & Rhymes," -Panel/Workshop 2/26/07
Emmanuel College –Screening of "Beyond Beats & Rhymes,” -Panel/Performance 2/01/07
Democracy Center Harvard –Screening of "Beyond Beats & Rhymes,” -Panel/Performance 1/23/07
New England Institute of Art –IBS Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS), -Panel/Performance 11/04/06