Ghetto Poets are a seven man hip hop group that is a mixture of writers, battle emcees, producers and business owners. Together they complement each other well with a wide variety of styles and energy. When it comes to making great music this group is in a league of their own shying away from the commercial gimmicky rap that is so common today to make music from the soul with true meaning and feel. Ghetto Poets have continually composed records that are radio ready and mainstream mobileand they continue to rock crowds all over the Twin Cities at venues such as: Karma Night Club, Fine Line Music Cafe, the Dinkytowner, and Trocadero's.

When the Ghetto Poets rock a stage you can feel their energy. Most members of the Ghetto Poets grew up in low income single parent households. The name Ghetto Poet means a talented artist from the ghetto. So when you hear the Ghetto Poets say we’re from the hood, you can believe it and you will feel their struggles in their music.

Ghetto Poets have dropped several mixtapes but to this date have not dropped an album. Ghetto Poets have a major buzz in the twin cities. They got three nominations for Song of The Year “Undeniable”, Best Group and Best Performance at the 1st Annual Twin Cities Hip-Hop Awards 2007. The awards show was a success although the Ghetto Poets didn’t take home any awards they did perform and their performance was explosive. Soon after the awards show the Ghetto Poets were approached by acclaimed producer Traxx from TrackRunnas Productions with a deal to produce an album. The group agreed to work with Traxx and have been in the studio working Traxx ever since. Thes guys are brining a brand new movement to the game. Check out the exclusive interview with the Ghetto Poets.

HHC: How yall doing?

GP: Good

HHC: How many are in your group?

GP: Their is 7 of us. Stradegy, Adolescence, Oke Doke, Pest Kid, Young Jay, Geoff Brizzle, and Rawskills.

HHC: What type of hip hop do you guys make?

GP: We make all kinds of hip-hop we don't limit our selves

HHC: What sets your group aside from other crews?

GP: We don't follow trends.

HHC: When will you guys be droppin an album?

GP: In the fall the album will be dropping.

HHC: Tell me how have you guys made a mark in the local hip hop community?

GP: By putting on so many great performances around the city.

HHC: Do you think the major labels are dying out?

GP: Absolutely!!

HHC: Describe a Ghetto Poet performance?

GP: High energy, crowd pleasing!

HHC: What made you guys decide to be rappers?

GP: We like to call ourselves artist because the title rapper puts a limitation on you. It was a forced marriage to become artist we were destined to do this.

HHC: Do you think a large percentage of black youth want to be rappers? Do you think this is good or bad?

GP: Yes, because of the images that are portrayed in videos.
And this is a bad thing cause most of these rappers ain't living they lyrics.

HHC: What other MN groups/rappers/people in the scene doo you guys work with?

GP: Chris Clay and La Ron besides them nobody yet.

HHC: Is there anything else you guys want to say?

GP: The Ghetto Poets are a serious group you wanna pay attention to in the future!(stradegy)
If you aint rappin to reach people you should'nt do it.(pest kid)
If don't do music for the love of it don't do it.(adolescence)
To all the basketball players I grew up with, you know who you are, you suburb gangsters and u myspace bicep thugs calm down before I calm you down!(rawskillz)

HHC: Were can people get more info on your group?

For right now myspace.com/ghettopoets.

--By Wizdom