IN-Q has been a featured poet on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, ABC’s Eye on LA, and NBC’s Living Large. He wrote and performed 5 poetry commercials for Nickelodeon and a hip hop song for Wendy’s Skill Drill Giveaway. He is a 5 time Hollywood Slam Team member and 2007’s “Grand Slam Champion”. He was also part of the team that won the National Poetry Championships in Saint Louis in 2004. This same year  IN-Q opened up for Hilary Clinton, Barack Obama, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers at LA’s Campaign Fundraiser to support the Senate. IN-Q won the Urban Graffiti Contest (a pilot filmed for Warner Brothers) and The Sunkiss competition, sponsored by Power 106. He has been a regular at DA Poetry Lounge, Fly Poets Showcase, and done numerous spot dates around the country. For the last four years he has been teaching poetry to Upward Bound students in Long Beach and Art Share students in Downtown L.A..

AVAILABLE NOW IN-Q "When Two Worlds Collide" This ground breaking album features 23 powerful tracks, including the hit poem from HOB's Def Poetry Jam - "When Hip-Hop Was Fun", original musical production by Joshua "Jericho J' Temkin, and scratching by Joshua Silverstein. Only $15.00

SELECTED VIDEO CLIPS: (all clips are QuickTime files)
1. "When Hip-Hop Was Fun" HBO Def Poetry Jam (6.4MB)
2. "Black and White" Poem (7.2MB)
3. Noggin Commercial #1 (1.1MB)
4. Noggin Commercial #2 (1.1MB)