GRIOT BABA BIKO

GRIOT BABA BIKO HAS SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE IN THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, HE PUTS HIS PHILOSOPHY UP FRONT IN ALL OF HIS LYRICS. LIKEN TO GIL SCOTT HERON THE GRIOT FUSES SPOKEN WORDS WITH HIP HOP ON AN UNDERGROUND LEVEL. HE IS INFLUENCED BY NAS, TALIB KWELI, BLACK THOUGHT, MOS DEF, RAS KAS, AND HIS FAVORITE: KILLA PRIEST.

UNFORGETTABLY ALIVE, THE MUSIC OF GRIOT BABA BIKO ECHOES OF THE PAST WHILE REMAINING TRANSFIXED ON THE POSSIBILITIES OF TOMORROW. GRIOT BABA BIKO IS PAST PACIFIC YET FUTURISTIC WITH HIS FUSION OF SPOKEN HIP-HOP WORDZ. WITH AFRICAN GRIOT KNOWLEDGE, HIS MUSIC IS A MUST HAVE FOR EVERY UNDERGROUND LISTENER. GRIOT BABA BIKO CREATES A WEB OF POETIC HIP HOP FUSION THAT WILL EDUCATE, ENTERTAIN, AND SOOTHE ALL SPIRITS ON THE THIRD PLANET, THIRD DIMENSION.

GRIOT BABA BIKO IS CURRENTLY FINISHING HIS CD WITH AN EXPECTED DATE OF RELEASE: APRIL OF 2005. HE WILL BEGIN TOURING JUNE 2005. GRIOT BABA BIKO WILL ALSO BE ADDING VOCALS AND RHYMES TO MUSIC PRODUCED BY SEVERAL LOCAL ARTISTS THIS YEAR AS WELL.

THE MOST AMAZING ASPECT OF THIS UNIQUE ENTERTAINER IS GRIOT BABA BIKO IS IN HIS FIFTIES. HE HAS ENTERTAINED MOST OF HIS ADULT LIFE IN THEATER AND MUSIC. HE HAS EMBARKED ON THIS JOURNEY OF SPOKEN HIP HOP WORDZ SINCE 2000, HE HAS MOST RECENTLY PERFORMED AT THE ISAAC HAYES NIGHT CLUB, SUBTERRANEAN, BLUE NOTE, CHARLES HAYES CENTER, AND LOCAL CLUBS IN THE CHICAGO LAND AREA. GRIOT BABA BIKO PLANS TO PERFORM NATIONWIDE AFTER THE RELEASE OF HIS CD. HE PLANS TO RETURN TO THE STUDIO TO COMPLETE HIS ALBUM,