Joining us this week, Brandon Alexander Williams drops into the studio to share some work and talk about life, hip hop, teaching, and so much more. Tune in live to get to know the person behind the poetry!  

Born in Maywood and raised in Peoria, Illinois, Brandon Alexander Williams is a poet, MC and DJ. He is the most recent recipient of the Grant Wood Fellowship and subsequently named the first “Professor of Hip-Hop”at the University of Iowa’s School of Music where he taught courses in Hip-Hop Studies and Culture. Williams is an alumnus of Southern Illinois University-Carbondale where he produced “The Yard: An A’Capella/Hip-Hop Musical”. As an active MC and DJ, he has performed and taught throughout the country, produced nine albums, published two books and given several guest lectures and keynotes centered around art-integrated education.