In the age of empty words—where millions log in to comment on videos of iguanas skateboarding, where entire television series’ are based on who can blurt out the most grotesque diss on someone’s mother, where there exists such a thing as cell phones for babies, it seems everyone has something to say. But who’s really listening?<br /><br />Enter iLL-Literacy—a collective of poets, emcees, and all-around fresh individuals—with a mission that seems simple enough: to have something to say, and for people not only listen, but want to listen. <br />Call it spoken word, call it hip-hop theater, but never call it typical, the crew consists of Adriel Luis, Dahlak Brathwaite, Nico Cary and Ruby Veridiano-Ching—four artists who harbor impressive accolades in their own rights. Since the four officially debuted their tour as a collective at the American University of Paris in 2005, iLL-Literacy has swept the corners of the globe with a delicious blend of lyrical verse, innovative theatrics, and an addictive approach to audience interaction that has kept the crew traveling nonstop.<br /><br />iLL-Literacy has covered much ground in a short time, rocking stages from off-Broadway New York to London’s Picadilly, to its home base in the California Bay Area. News of the amazing talent has drawn attention from HBO’s Def Poetry and MTV, as well as crowds who have witnessed the collective share the stage with the likes of Common, Mos Def, KRS-One, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs.<br /><br />iLL-Literacy’s hot, and only getting hotter. ‘Nuff said. http://www.imeem.com/ill-literacy Delta 0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss iLL-Literacy Music for Aliens http://www.imeem.com/ill-literacy/playlist/z5YAAeO2/music_for_aliens_music_playlist/ Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:23:32 -0000 ubomLWMDOZ iLL-Literacy http://www.imeem.com/ill-literacy/video/nhQRNcVk/illliteracy_illliteracy_epk_summer_08_music_video/ Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:03:54 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/ill-literacy/video/nhQRNcVk/illliteracy_illliteracy_epk_summer_08_music_video/"><img width="100" height="75" border="0" src="http://srv0110-06.oak1.imeem.com/g/v/657f3bd6bfc739e7918a2f8723925f96_00010.jpg" title="Click to play this video"/></a></div> 1haLgPWvWs iLL-Literacy Peculiar Evolution / Self Hatred's Soliloquy http://www.imeem.com/ill-literacy/playlist/V0P77xmg/peculiar_evolution_self_hatreds_soliloquy_video_playlist/ Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:50:18 -0000 8p7T532FB6 iLL-Literacy East Coast Voyage Promo Vids http://www.imeem.com/ill-literacy/playlist/hPeGAW5w/east_coast_voyage_promo_vids_video_playlist/ Thu, 08 May 2008 20:20:21 -0000 busb07OTps iLL-Literacy http://www.imeem.com/ill-literacy/video/WkC03Nox/illliteracy_the_hilifes_adriel_of_illliteracy_the_intr/ Thu, 08 May 2008 20:14:55 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/ill-literacy/video/WkC03Nox/illliteracy_the_hilifes_adriel_of_illliteracy_the_intr/"><img width="100" height="75" border="0" src="http://srv0110-06.oak1.imeem.com/g/v/b2b32ae41912cf2de36b4742f53af0e5_00010.jpg" title="Click to play this video"/></a></div> lzZBfM2tt0 iLL-Literacy http://www.imeem.com/ill-literacy/video/VYIw6U3a/illliteracy_the_hilifes_nico_of_illliteracy_i_want_to/ Thu, 08 May 2008 20:13:49 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/ill-literacy/video/VYIw6U3a/illliteracy_the_hilifes_nico_of_illliteracy_i_want_to/"><img width="100" height="75" border="0" src="http://srv0110-06.oak1.imeem.com/g/v/e863406a115265a74c7940dfc607fad8_00010.jpg" title="Click to play this video"/></a></div> wD_5buIeUx iLL-Literacy http://www.imeem.com/ill-literacy/video/imKu1qXd/illliteracy_the_hilifes_dahlak_of_illliteracy_the_club/ Thu, 08 May 2008 20:12:47 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/ill-literacy/video/imKu1qXd/illliteracy_the_hilifes_dahlak_of_illliteracy_the_club/"><img width="100" height="75" border="0" src="http://srv0110-06.oak1.imeem.com/g/v/f5040260ecdf77706efba74e31c8828b_00010.jpg" title="Click to play this video"/></a></div> HYtShkPn0J iLL-Literacy http://www.imeem.com/ill-literacy/video/pPKdgpv0/illliteracy_the_hilifes_ruby_of_illliteracy_the_outro/ Thu, 08 May 2008 20:09:07 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/ill-literacy/video/pPKdgpv0/illliteracy_the_hilifes_ruby_of_illliteracy_the_outro/"><img width="100" height="75" border="0" src="http://srv0110-06.oak1.imeem.com/g/v/f499e5cedc4738ce7c1125f65bab93ad_00010.jpg" title="Click to play this video"/></a></div> EDYO7uLAg7 iLL-Literacy http://www.imeem.com/ill-literacy/video/VKWVoqg_/illliteracy_for_virginia_by_ruby_music_video/ Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:36:32 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/ill-literacy/video/VKWVoqg_/illliteracy_for_virginia_by_ruby_music_video/"><img width="100" height="66" border="0" src="http://srv0110-06.oak1.imeem.com/g/v/713e6b8fa2071789765721502651fc8b_00010.jpg" title="Click to play this video"/></a></div> mwT6A-WKZm iLL-Literacy http://www.imeem.com/ill-literacy/video/C4LkgwdO/illliteracy_nico_live_university_of_florida_music_video/ Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:22:48 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/ill-literacy/video/C4LkgwdO/illliteracy_nico_live_university_of_florida_music_video/"><img width="100" height="75" border="0" src="http://srv0110-06.oak1.imeem.com/g/v/5740d74a13a77f4474086a12cc94fbc1_00010.jpg" title="Click to play this video"/></a></div> AWMLmEbUyY