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October 15. 2003 ¿Lite JJortlanò (Observer Page A7 Focus Rhythm Off the Stage 2 0 0 3 TONY AWARD Wl Life After Def Multi-platinumsingerand producer Montell Jordan releases a much-anticipated fifth album, "Life After Def,” released by his own label. The Enterprise, Inc. The album bowed to number four on Billboard’s top R&B/hip-hopchart and sold more than 1.3 million copies in the United States. The 13 tracks reveal Jordan’s diverse talents, from club-ready grooves to ballads and devotionals. Montell Jordan ‘Def Poetry Jam on Broadway’ in bookstores ■ — — — — «I Come And See The Champion Pumpkin Carvers Decorating The Big Pumpkins!! Where Walt Whitman meets Michael Jack- son and Emily Dickinson meets Mary J. Blige, Russell Simmons’ “Def Poetry Jam on Broad way” is now a Tony Award-winning Broadway event that you can curl up with. The book, released in September, brings not- to-be-missed theatrical experiences to every page, collecting the work of nine gifted and provocative young poets who speak from the heart about everything from love and sex to politics and Krispy Kreme donuts. The poets showcased in the book include Suheir Hammad, author of "Bom Palestinian, Bom Black”; Black Ice, the first spoken word artist signed to Def Jam Records; Beau Sia, author of “A Night without Armor II” and two- time National Poetry Slam champion; and Poetri, one of the founders o f Los Angeles’ Lounge. Essential for every fan of contemporary po etry, this book is a cutting-edge and constantly surprising volume of fresh and often comedic look at who and where we are today. Russell Simmons, CEO o f Rush Communications, has brought hip-hop to the forefront of popular culture—most notably through his immensely successful record label, Def Jam. Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam features the work of nine up-and-coming poets. 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It will explain how salmon travel to sea as fingerlings and after three years, return to the tributar ies o f their birth; and will explore how eagles and other species rely on salmon for their survival. The exhibit will ex pand upon the existing Cascade build ing that displays local animals such as the river otter, beaver and other native watershed species. Tupac’s Mom Touched by Hip-Hop Support (AP) — Afeni Shakur, the keep an ethical, quality project mother o f rapper Tupac Shakur, without the hip-hop community says she’s touched the hip-hop caring almost as much as me.” community continues to be sup portive, seven years after her son’s death. “I always feel like I get special treatm ent. I never felt that I couldn’t ask anyone for any thing,” Shakur said in an inter view last Wednesday. “ I respect them, I have a lot o f respect for them. I like them. 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