Nick Courmon provides a liberating, thought-provoking, engaging, and fun-filled experience through poetry, spoken word, and hosting events.
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Price Range: $400 and up
Languages: English
Nick Courmon is an international poet, spoken word artist, recording artist, workshop facilitator, emcee, and motivational speaker from Greensboro, NC. Nick has been writing poetry since 2009 and performing since 2011. Nick graduated from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke in 2019 with a B.A. in Political Science with a Pre-Law concentration. Nick was most recently enrolled at North Carolina Central University where he was studying to receive his M.A. in African American History.
Nick also serves as the Community Engagement Coordinator for the North Carolina Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (NCCADP). In addition to his work with the NCCADP, Nick is also currently serving as the spokesperson for the campaign to free Billie Allen from federal death row.
Nick uses his art to teach African American History, address a myriad of social issues, and advocate for mental health awareness. Nick has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, NBC's Today, VICE News, and Narratively. Nick has work published in Teen Ink Magazine, Social Soundtrack, and BROAD Magazine, a digital and social justice publication born from the Women's Studies and Gender Studies program at Loyola University Chicago. He has participated in the Southern Fried Poetry Slam and has been a featured performer at the North Carolina African American Cultural Celebration, the National Black Theatre Festival, the NC African Film Festival, and the Mother Drum Healing Arts Foundation Festival.
Nick has also used his art to collaborate with Beats by Dre, Gushers, USA Today, the Museum of Contemporary Art: North Miami, Where Is My Land, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Missourians Against the Death Penalty, Democracy NC, NC Black Alliance, the Wounded Warrior Project, Palta, and the Athletic Department at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
Currently, Nick conducts writing, speaking, and performance workshops. Additionally, with his Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace Certificate from the University of South Florida Muma College of Business, Nick is available for brand/corporate consultations regarding DEI.
One microphone, one microphone stand, and a stool.
There are numerous people and groups that have influenced me as a writer, speaker, performer, artist, and emcee:
- Amiri Baraka
- Langston Hughes
- Maya Angelou
- Audre Lorde
- Nikki Giovanni
- Tupac Shakur
- Michael Jackson
- Jermaine Cole (J. Cole)
- Kendrick Lamar
- Marvin Gaye
- Malcolm X
- Gwendolyn Brooks
- Richard Wright
- James Baldwin
- Fred Hampton
- Fannie Lou Hamer
- Ella Baker
- The Notorious B.I.G.
- Black Thought
- Eddie Murphy
- Sidney Poitier
- Jamie Foxx
- Kel Mitchell
- Keenan Thompson
- Chris Tucker
- Jaleel White
- Will Smith
- Martin Lawrence
- Chris Rock
- Richard Pryor
- Nasir Jones (Nas)
- Rakim
- Outkast
- Shawn Carter (Jay-Z)
- Rapsody
- Bernie Mac
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