About IN-Q

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IN-Q is an Emmy nominated poet, multi-platinum songwriter, world renowned keynote speaker and the best-selling author of Inquire Within.

His groundbreaking achievements include being named to Oprah’s SuperSoul 100 list of the world’s most influential thought leaders, being the first spoken word artist to perform with Cirque du Soleil, and being featured on A&E, ESPN, and HBO’s Def Poetry Jam.

He’s inspired countless audiences around the world, live and virtually, through his performances and storytelling workshops. Many of his recent poetry videos have gone viral with over 60+ million views combined, and his stand-up poetry special, IN-Q – Live at the Ace Theatre, is now streaming exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.

As a songwriter, IN-Q’s hit single “Love You Like a Love Song” by Selena Gomez went multi-platinum, winning him a BMI award. He has written with renowned artists including Aloe Blacc, Miley Cyrus, Mike Posner, ZHU, Foster the People and has collaborated with RockMafia on 40+ songs for Disney Television. Most recently, he was nominated for a Billboard Award for his contributions on the Descendants 3 soundtrack. His songs have accumulated over two billion views on YouTube alone.

Leading organizations including Nike, Instagram, Spotify, Google, Zappos, Lululemon, Live Nation, Shazam, The Grammy Foundation, and many more have brought IN-Q in to motivate their teams through his keynote performances and transformational storytelling workshops. These unique offerings provide a powerful bonding experience for companies that want to learn to lead with vulnerability and share their voice more authentically.

Ultimately IN-Q writes to entertain, inspire, and challenge his audiences to look deeper into the human experience and ask questions about themselves, their environment, and the world at large.

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Inquire Within

Inquire Within is about taking your pain and transforming it into growth. Contemplating universal issues of love, loss, forgiveness, and belief, it is a provocative and entertaining debut from an award-winning poet. Rhythmic. Original. Authentic. Inspiring. A journey to the center of the soul. You’ll never look at poetry the same way again.
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Defining myself is like confining myself.
So I undefined myself to find myself.

- IN-Q