Not4Prophet

NOT4PROPHET was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico and raised in East Harlem and the South Bronx in New York City. He is a community activist, underground-Hip Hop MC, punk rock soul singer, graffiti artist, actor and last but never least, a poet and/or "barrio bard."

When Not4Prophet read Piri Thomas’ Down These Mean Streets at ten years old, he was encouraged and inspired to read other old school writers from the Nuyorican Poets Movement. In time, he began scratching out his own “puerto-poems” on napkins, toilet paper, and whatever else was handy and wasn’t a wall or anyone’s particular private property.

Not4Prophet has released several indie music cds, two self-published poetry chapbooks, and his work has been featured in several books and magazines as well. He currently teaches “resistance writing” to those identified as the homeless at the Homeless Organizing Academy located in the South Bronx section of New York City.