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Hip-Hop Artist Entertains Packed Hall

Williams, who won the Grand Jury prize at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival for his portrayal of an imprisoned street poet in the movie Slam, also discussed the differing ideologies between "slam" poetry and "the black arts movement."

Williams' speech was part of the Askwith Education Forum, an occasional series that most recently hosted Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Frank McCourt.

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