The Poet & The People

Poet, Author and former Councilwoman Aja La’Starr Owens sits down with Gregory Maurice for a conversation that spans across what struggles she had to face while running to be the City of Jennings Councilwoman and her efforts to bring change by having conversations first with Saint Louis County Police Dept and the residents. Aja shared a story of how she was influenced by her aunt to start writing books and doing poetry at a young a...

Entrepreneur, Music business coach and creative Julian Keaton sits down with Gregory Maurice for a conversation that spans what downtown Saint Louis needs to do to make office space more vibrant and diverse to going back into the archive to speak on his first music collab project “Rise”. Julian shared a story of how he was influenced by Nas “One Love” and the storytelling of it made him realize it would be a craft he wanted to part...

Activist, musician, actor and political prisoner Olajuwon Trials Davis sits down with Gregory Maurice for an exclusive conversation that spans from his mother introducing him to music and his father teaching him how to make his first song using his whole birth name, which he has 7. Olajuwon shared a story of how at 5 years old he saw a movie on MLK that changed his life that made him want to share his art and acting with a politica...

Hip Hop artist, creative and entrepreneur MC Tres sits down with Gregory Maurice for a conversation that spans from his mother being a teacher at his son's school to how his music career developed into what it is today. MC Tres shared a story of how his  late grandmother was a very influential person in his life and he’s gearing up to be more of a political advocate. The conversation touched on multiple points of his artist ca...

Activist, Educator, Creative and Curator Kris Blackmon sits down with Gregory Maurice for a conversation that spans from missing black women to getting her mother and aunt mixed up on the phone because they are twins. Kris shared a story of the time she wanted to be a B-Girl and dabbled in DJing that connects her to the 50 yrs of Hiphop and the art Kris curates with the background of Hiphop. The conversation touched on multiple iss...

Cultivator, sociologist and long time mentor and friend Mk Stallings, sits down with Gregory Maurice for a conversation that spans from Hiphop to having 3 growing children. Mk shared a story of the time he made an album with his older brother after participating in Christian hip-hop for a while. The conversation leads to history on Legacy’s Books and Cafe that lead to growth in the poetry community to reestablishing The Saint Louis...