Mic Check 1,2,1,2… SLAM!!!! 

Bostonians have gathered at City Winery for a second time to witness Queen Sheba’s Poetry Vs Hip Hop event at City Winery Boston. This time Amanda Shea was a host, not a guest performer, always making Boston (specifically Roxbury, the berry but not the fruit y’all) look good. Like last time the show started off with 3 special guests, a demonstration of what the competition looks like and what audience members are expected to do, and then it’s a battle of the illest…who will win? Poetry, or Hip Hop?

Poetry vs. Hip Hop Comedian Corey Manning

Starting off the special guest performances was Corey Manning who once again striked the crowd with his comedic gold. This time he brought his oldest son Corey Jr. with him and they both cracked on each other, which in turn cracked up the crowd.   Alumni of the Berklee College of Music, Autumn Jones followed up with some jazzy, neo-soul music. She’s opened up for R&B artists such as Vivian Green and Jon B and has released multiple albums in the past couple years. She graced the crowd with covers from Jill Scott like “A Long Walk” and original pieces that had them moving and bopping for her whole set.

Poetry vs. Hip Hop Singer Autumn Jones

Lastly, We had DJ WHYSHAM on the turntables keeping the crowd live, for it was about to go down for a second time here in Boston, MA.  Now this battle was different from the last. This battle had a mixture of rappers and poets on both sides for it was Team Boston vs Team ATL. On team Boston we had Cloud, D Ruff, Cakeswagg and Rayel while Team ATL had Rise Felicia, King Jai, Exit Fame, and Chev.  When it was time to start the competition every lyrical contestant was battle ready.

Poetry vs. Hip Hop Amanda Shea and Queen Sheba

Poetry Vs Hip Hop Bryan Edouard emceeing

Everybody came and left their craft on stage. It was a blast watching Black excellence from different parts of the nation come together and put on one hell of a show for an amazing crowd. The battles were so good, deciding who would win turned out to be a difficult task.

Poetry vs. Hip Hop Pt. 2

Queen Sheba will be back here in Boston at City Winery on February 14th, 2025. So make sure to cop some tickets if you love Hip-Hop and poetry for this will be a showcase of talent. 

This is Bryan Edouard aka Bishop Toussaint representing studio  88.9 FM and I’m signing out.

Until next Time Boston!