The Last Poets, became wordsmiths and hammered the feelings of their people, and eventually all oppressed people in the world, into the shape and scope of the struggle between despair and hope. After many personnel changes, the longest performing and active members of the group, honed the artform into a vehicle of total expression, which is today called rap and hip-hop. But the price that they had to pay for introducing their artform (Spoagraphics) to the world, would cost them their lifetimes, and for some
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