Def Poetry (2002) | Full Cast

Joslyn Rose Lyons

DIRECTOR

Stan Lathan

DIRECTOR

Yasiin Bey

Self - Host

Russell Simmons

Self

Lemon Andersen

Self

Black Ice

Self

Beau Sia

Self

Georgia Me

Self

Shihan

Self

Suheir Hammad

Self

Poetri

Self

Staceyann Chin

Self

Flaco Navaja

Self

Bassey Ikpi

Self

Mayda Del Valle

Self

Rafael Casal

Self

Oscar Brown Jr.

Self

Jason Carney

Self

J. Ivy

Self

Craig muMs Grant

Self

Flowmentalz

Self

Amalia Ortiz

Self

Taylor Mali

Self

Ishle Park

Self

Kevin Coval

Self

Common

Self

Ye

Self

Gemineye

Self

Rives

Self

Ise Lyfe

Self

Dave Chappelle

Self

Amanda Seales

Self

Nikki Giovanni

Self

Sonia Sanchez

Self

Sekou Andrews

Self - Poet

Steve Connell

Self

Sekou Sundiata

Self

Sekou Torbet

Self

Talib Kweli

Self

Liza Jessie Peterson

Self

Dawn Saylor

Self

Reggie Cabico

Self

Danny Hoch

Self

Maggie Estep

Self

Vanessa Hidary

Self

Steve Colman

Self

Jessica Care Moore

Self

Smokey Robinson

Self

Michael W Ellison

Self

Michael Ellison

Self

Gina Loring

Self

Emanuel Xavier

Self

Dana Gilmore

Self

Marc Bamuthi Joseph

Self

Joe Hernandez-Kolski

Self

Floetry

Themselves

Reg E. Gaines

Self

Kelly Tsai

Self - Spoken Word Poet

Will Da Real One Bell

Self

Red Storm

Self

Rachel McKibbens

Self

Dahlak Brathwaite

Self

Ryan Nicole

Self

Nah Dah

Self

Jamie Foxx

Self

Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Self

Dante Basco

Self

Wood Harris

Self

Cedric the Entertainer

Self

Erykah Badu

Self

Jewel

Self

Sarah Jones

Self

Linton Kwesi Johnson

Self

Rakim

Self

Joy Harjo

Self

Amiri Baraka

Self

Felipe Luciano

Self

Keith Murray

Self

Malik Yusef

Self

Caridad 'La Bruja' De La Luz

Self

Big Rube

Self

Dennis Kim

Self

In-q

Self

The Last Poets

Guest Performers

Kayo

Self

Reginald Gibson

Self

Willie Perdomo

Self

Twin Poets

Themselves

Thea Monyee

Self

Anthony Morales

Self

Haki R. Madhubuti

Self

Marty McConnell

Self

Louis Reyes Rivera

Self

Yellow Rage

Themselves

Goldie

Self

Patrica Smith

Self

Jill Scott

Self

Lou Reed

Self

Saul Williams

Self

Richard Montoya

Self

Cheryl 'Salt' James

Self

Chinaka Hodge

Self

Buju Banton

Self

Malik Salaam

Self

Jimmy Santiago Baca

Self

Dufflyn Lammers

Self

Shappy Seasholtz

Self

Mutabaruka

Self

Daniel Beaty

Self

Jamie DeWolf

Self

Ursula Rucker

Self

Deborah Young

Self

Jamie Kennedy

Self

Fenchi

Self

Helena D. Lewis

Self

Geoff Trenchard

Self

Bao Phi

Self

Mike 360

Self

Quincy Troupe

Self

Poem-Cees

Themselves

Chris DeMarcus

Self

Ras Baraka

Self

Joel Chmara

Self

Jonzi D.

Self

Rupert Estanisiao

Self

Roger Bonair-Agard

Self

Alix Olson

Self

Rock Baby

Self

Kim Fields

Self

Mike Epps

Self

Tracy Morgan

Self

Ruby Dee

Self

MC Lyte

Self

Javon Johnson

Self

Adele Givens

Self

Doug E. Fresh

Self

Michael Franti

Self

Ani Difranco

Self

Nafeesa Monroe

Self

KRS-One

Self

Michael Eric Dyson

Self

Amir Sulaiman

Self

Musiq

Self

Bob Holman

Self

Dead Prez

Themselves

Steven Sapp

Self

Speech

Self

Julian Curry

Self

John S. Hall

Self

Kendra Urdang

Self

Zena Edwards

Self

Yusef Komunyakaa

Self

Nikky Finney

Self

Buddy Wakefield

Self

Mark Gonzales

Self

Morris Stegosaurus

Self

Marlon Esquerra

Self

Marvin Tate

Self

Tommy Bottoms

Self

Laura Piece Kelly

Self

Rita Dove

Self

Martín Espada

Self

Besskepp

Self

Triple Black

Self

Tish Benson

Self

Ayisha Knight

Self

Faraji Salim

Self

Robert Karimi

Self

Jus Cus

Self

Tara Betts

Self

Miguel Algarín

Self

Yolanda Wilkinson

Self

George McKibbens

Self

Gamal A. Chasten

Self

Mildred Ruiz-Sapp

Self

Andy Buck

Self

Phylicia Rashad

Self

Avery Brooks

Self

Alicia Keys

Self

Lauryn Hill

Self

John Legend

Self

Savion Glover

Self

Eve Ensler

Self

Otep Shamaya

Self

Wyclef Jean

Self

Joseph Simmons

Self

Tariq Trotter

Self

Paul Mabon

Self

Gideon Grody-Patinkin

Self

Bounty Killer

Self

Al Letson

Self

Tommy Chunn

Self

Sharrif Simmons

Self

Consequence

Self

Jerry Quickley

Self

Erik Ott

Self

Scorpio Blues

Self

Dan Sully

Self

Michael Cirelli

Self

Flaco

Self

Mike McGee

Self

Tim Strattford

Self

Caroline Harvey

Self

Mike Booker

Self

Flow Mantalz

Self

Aulelei Love

Self

Mollie Engelhart

Self

Claudia Alick

Self

Carlos Andrés Gómez

Self

Brian Dykstra

Poet

Erica Buddington

Riva

Skim

Self

Minnesota

Self (uncredited)