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JustJamaal ThePoet
Poet, emcee, arts educator
JustJamaal ThePoet aka JAAWORD is an award-winning poet, emcee, arts educator and former Ottawa Poet Laureate whose work carries Black memory into hip-hop’s living future. Mentored by Last Poets legend Jalal “Lightnin’ Rod” Nuriddin, he transforms ancestral truth, fatherhood, survival and community into commanding lyricism—building legacy without ever abandoning his roots.
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