Poet/Hip-Hop Artist/Producer/Educator/Activist/Speaker

“I’m not a rapper, I’m a poet with a hip-hop style.” ~Bomani Armah

Bomani “D’mite” Armah has one of hip-hop’s most controversial videos of 2007 playing on BET, “Read a Book,” officially condemned by the Rainbow Push Coalition. Not simply the subject of controversy, D’Mite has been making music that impacts his community for years and is featured on the album and first single/video from Mello-D & The Rados: “Cool Witchu,” which aired on BET’s “Rap City” and peaked at #3 on national college radio charts. Bomani has scored independent films including BET’s Wrap-It-Up original film “Multitudes of Mercies”. On January 15, 2007 Bomani and his protégé Chris Bacon where the subject of a front page article of the Washington Post entitled “Where Hope Meets Hip-Hop”.

Bomani’s music video for “The Hustle” aired at the San Francisco Black Film Festival in 2006 to rave reviews. He has featured/performed at such venues as the The National Cathedral, The Lincoln Theater, Nuyorican Poet’s Café, The Black Cat, Mirrors Lounge, The Arc, Studio Theater, Gala Theater, Karibu Books, Bohemian Caverns, The Market Five Gallery, Art-O-Matic 2004, Tawes Theater, Crampton Auditorium, Organic Soul Tuesday and Baltimore Theater Project, among others.