Dwayne Morgan’s career as a spoken word artist began in 1993. The winner of 3 Canadian Urban Music Awards, he has toured across North America, Jamaica, Barbados, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Budapest, Germany, France, and Holland, and has opened for illustrious international artists Alicia Keys, Saul Williams, Christian McBride, Les Nubians, and others. In 1994 he founded Up From The Roots Entertainment to promote the positive artistic contributions of African Canadian and urban-influenced artists. In 1998, he received the African Canadian Achievement Award, and the Harry Jerome Award for Excellence in the Arts. His latest book, The Making of A Man, hit stores in July, 2005. That same year he was the Poet of Honour (along with Sheri-D Wilson) at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word in Vancouver. His albums include, The Evolution, Soul Searching, A Decade in the Making, and Mellow Mood: The End of the Beginning. In collaboration with Driftwood Studios, Dwayne created Three Knocks, a short film based on his domestic violence poem of the same name, which premiered in Toronto’s Reel World Film Festival. His first photo-poem exhibit was hosted at the Small Gallery in downtown Toronto in March, 2008. Dwayne’s work has been used by the Canadian Race Relations Foundation’s ‘See People For Who They Really Are’ print and television ad campaigns, as well as educational projects for the 411 Initiative for Change. Dwayne hosts Diasporic Music, a spoken word show on CKLN 88.1 FM, and serves as an advice columnist in 24 Hours (Sun Media). His emphasis on quality has driven his success, and has made him a well respected component of Toronto’s urban music community, and the global spoken word scene.