Otep Shamaya continues her ground-breaking career as a musician with her band OTEP, as a political activist, a published author, and an actress as well. She has partnered with Russell Simmons’ All Def Poetry Channel to create new spoken word performances. Her first new piece in the collaboration is dubbed Crawling Up’ and was created with director Aleks Rastovic. You can watch the video at this link or below:
Previously appearing on Simmons’ Def Poetry Jam on HBO, Otep commented on the collaboration:
“I’ve partnered with Russell Simmons and ALL DEF POETRY to create the future of spoken word performance.”
“My performances on HBO’s DEF POETRY changed my life. I appeared on HBO’s DEF POETRY twice before and am so honored to partner again with Russell Simmons and ALL DEF POETRY to create a new platform for spoken word artists.”
OTEP continues to tour behind her May release Generation Doom (Napalm Records).
