Devin "The Poet" & Gabriel Royal Team Up

Simple as the headline reads Devin "The Poet" & Gabriel Royal team up for a midwest tour starting in Corraville, Iowa. A little bit of info on the two Gabriel Royal also known as Gabe Royal. Gabriel was born in Tulsa Oklahoma. He moved to New York in 2010 and has been pioneering his sound. You may have seen him playing his cello at the Metropolitan Ave. stop in the subway while waiting for the G train. He continues his music for the love of it, but soon, someone with recognize him for his efforts and talents. 

While Devin on the other side of the coin hails from the planet of Brooklyn. When it comes to the SLAM POETRY SCENE, Devin "The Poet" is a force to be reckoned with. He is one of the youngest poets to win a spot on the historical Nuyorican Poets Cafe slam team. He is New York Knicks 2006 Slam Champion, Urban World NYC 2006 Slam Finalist.  

Having taking a break from slam since then "The Poet" has pursued his other passions in business and teaching.  The business side is the creation of the Reckless Takeover Tour which is a college touring group that has done over 60 shows in the 5 years of its existence.  The teaching side has called Devin to work at The School at Columbia as the Middle School Clubs Coordinator. With that said his passion for poetry remains strong.  He will be collaborating with a Internationally Touring Cellist in Gabriel Royal and the paring of the two should prove to be ground breaking and moving. 




He and Devin worked in a Summer program called "Wingspan Arts" in the Bronx leading workshops and teaching classes in their respective specialties to middle school aged students.  The road wasn't easy yet the students seemed to gravitate towards the two artist;  Devin describes it as "Real respects real".