DC Hip Hop Theatre Fest

 
Vanessa Hidary shouts verses of spoken word poetry focusing on popular social issues.  She has appeared on HBO's Def Comedy Jam.  I was there at Woodrow Wilson Plaza shooting the event for ESPN Magazine, and focusing on the Washington Wizards Basketball player Etan Thomas.  Thomas is also a spoken word artist.  He seems like a really decent person too.  He does a lot of work with the community, and tries to raise young peoples' awarness of the importance of education and making the right decisions with their lives.