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SAYLOVE!
...PEACE EDUCATOR, EMCEE, DEEJAY, DANCER, ILLUSTRATOR, POET & ON-AIR PERSONALITY...
URBAN DIRECTOR AT THE GREATER PORTLAND COMMUNITY RADIO STATION, WMPG AIRING MONDAYS 3-5PM EST 90.9 & 104.1FM WWW.WMPG.ORG
...FEATURING HIP HOP AND SOUL AS WELL AS 1 ON 1 INTERVIEWS W/ MAJOR & INDEPENDENT LABEL ARTISTS & ACTIVISTS SUCH AS MATHEMATICS (WU TANG CLAN), (RUN) DMC, A-TRAK, Z-TRIP, BLESS ROXWELL, AYATOLLAH, LUPE FIASCO, MF GRIMM, KEITH MURRAY, BROTHER J & PARADISE GRAY OF THE X-CLAN, ROB SWIFT (OF THE X-MEN & ILL INSANITY), DJ SPOOKY, & DAVEY D.
"FRAGMENTS", SAYLOVE'S EP IS BEING RELEASED INDEPENDENTLY IN 2008.
2001 SAYLOVE RELOCATED TO ST. THOMAS, USVI. THERE SHE PRACTICED NATURAL MEDICINE, SHARING A CIRCLE W/ ARTISTS SUCH AS VIBES NAELLA, DEZARIE, & NIYORAH OF THE STAR LION FAMILY (I-GRADE). SAYLOVE HIT IT OFF W/ THE UNIVERSAL ZULU NATION (AN ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED BY THE AMEN RA OF HIP HOP CULTURE, AFRIKA BAMBAATAA) IN 2001, VIA WORLD SPOKESMAN, & INTERNATIONAL DRUM & BASS PIONEER, TC IZLAM, CONNECTING W/ UZN B-BOYS IN PUERTO RICO IN 2002.
2003 SAYLOVE RETURNED TO STUDY PHILOSOPHY, COMPLETING HER BA AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN ME, IN 2007. SAYLOVE PRACTICES YOGA, MEDITATION, A LIVE-FOOD LIFESTYLE, TURNTABLISM, GRAFFITTI ART, EMCEEING, & BREAK DANCING.
SAYLOVE HAS OPENED FOR ACTS SUCH AS KOOL KEITH, THE COUP, AND KILLA PRIEST, AND HAS SHARED THE STAGE W/ LOCAL PERFORMERS SUCH AS HANIFA, SONTIAGO, BRZOWSKI, LAB 7, DJ BOONDOCKS, DJ SHADE, KENMOR & DR. NO, GABE FM, DJ JON, THE DON SANTOS, ALT, RENT, BREAD, MSL, BOOMBAZI, DREAMOSAIC, MS KENTIGIAN, PORT VERITAS, WILLIAM ANTONY, & VANESSA TORRES & TOUCHING GROUND. SAYLOVE WAS VOTED 2ND RUNNER UP AS BEST HIP HOP ACT OF 2007 IN THE PORTLAND PHOENIX.
BEYOND WORK AS A PERFORMING ARTIST & DEEJAY IN NIGHT CLUBS & OVER THE AIRWAVES, SAYLOVE FACILITATES WORKSHOPS FOR NON-VIOLENCE WITHIN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES, WORKING IN COLLABORATION W/ AVP, YOUTH ALTERNATIVES, THE PORTLAND LEAGUE OF YOUNG VOTERS, EVOLVE 2 ADVANCE, ADD VERB PRODUCTIONS, THE MEG PERRY CENTER, & WMPG.
"HIP HOP IS A WAY OF LIFE, ELEVATING ONE CONSCIOUSNESS TO EVOLVE & EMBRACE ALL LIGHT. HIP HOP IDEALY & ULTIMATELY BREAKS DOWN SUBJECT-OBJECT DICHOTOMY, REALIZING HUMANITY & INFINITE LOVE THAT'S UNIVERSAL."
XO-SAYLOVE!