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Harder
than any fictional gangsta rap, spoken word artists Brotha’s
Keepa
confronts its listeners with the unvarnished truths about being black in
America today. J’malo
Torriel and Ed Brittenum are the Memphis, Tennessee duo that make up Brotha’s
Keepa,
a group dedicated to the enlightenment of Black people, especially young
Black men.
Audiences of all ages have been mesmerized by the theatrical and spoken
word teachings of Ed and J’malo. Recognized by Clear Channel Memphis as
K97 Peace Achievers of the Month for December 2005, this dynamic duo has
traveled the nation attempting to spark minds to partake of positivity
while taking the art of entertainment back to its consciousness roots.
In September 2005, they opened for The Last Poets in Memphis and in
October 2005 collaborated by writing and performing spoken word for
Ballet Memphis in a concert linking words to movement. Recently, Brotha’s Keepa was a featured act during the Tuskegee University /
Project EXPORT HIV/AIDS Health and Wellness Black Belt
Tour in Alabama. Along with their poetry performances, Brotha’s Keepa
also holds theatre camps, coat drives, food drives, youth prison
prevention programs and many other charitable events in the Mid-South.
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