Seven new half-hour sessions of hilarious, haunting, profane, and profound improvisational poetry are dished up in the second season of HBO's Def Poetry Jam. Produced by Russell Simmons of Def Comedy Jam and hosted by rapper Mos Def, the series, taped at The Supper Club in New York, launches season two with a performance by future Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx, reciting his own composition Fashizzle My Nizzle. Subsequent guest artists include Danny Hoch, Black Ice, Taylor Mali, Erykah Badu, and, light-years away from The Cosby ...
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Seven new half-hour sessions of hilarious, haunting, profane, and profound improvisational poetry are dished up in the second season of HBO's Def Poetry Jam. Produced by Russell Simmons of Def Comedy Jam and hosted by rapper Mos Def, the series, taped at The Supper Club in New York, launches season two with a performance by future Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx, reciting his own composition Fashizzle My Nizzle. Subsequent guest artists include Danny Hoch, Black Ice, Taylor Mali, Erykah Badu, and, light-years away from The Cosby Show, Malcolm-Jamal Warner. Curiously, the DVD release of Def Poetry Jam's second season edits out the performances by Talib Kweli and Rakim, among others. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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