Saul Williams & Nike

August 14, 2008

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The poet responds to his controversial Nike ad.

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Saul Williams, known for his genre-bending spoken word, recently weathered controversy after one of his more popular political anthems, List of Demands, was featured in a Nike commercial. Some fans and critics wanted to know: Did he sell out? Is big business profiting off of progressive politics?

In this video, the poet responds to the Nike controversy, and the role of corporations in grassroots movements.

Also:

Check out his open letter to the public where he addresses everything from the commercial, Obama and why people fall in love with pigs.

Excerpt:

A small circle of poets and conscious do-gooders are not enough to effect the change necessary to shift our planet in peril. We must enlist people from all walks of life, people not accustomed to questioning the norm, people who may simply want to dance uninterrupted without message or slogan. I see no glory in ‘preaching to the converted’.

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