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Photo Credit: Nation QueenDom: DbiYoung.Net HerStory: hailing from the trenches of maxfield avenue
from headlining at the international reggae festival [havana cuba '02 | '03 | '04], co-billing with saul williams / michael franti [calgary folk festival ‘04] and opening for antibalas afro-beat band [montreal '02] to starring in canada's hit musical 'da kink in my hair' which earned her a dora nomination [princess of wales theatre '05 | san diego repertory theatre '05] and lord have mercy [1st afro-canadian tv sitcom] to also being featured on bravo's playwrights & screenwriters, hbo's def poetry jam lll, cbc's zed tv | artspots | spinoff, and cuba's cuerda viva. d'bi.young is a worldclass roaring torrent who leaves her audiences awed and inspired. she has independently produced three dub albums | a demo | and a single: [when the love is not enough…'00 | xperimentin dub with dub trinity reggae band '01 | xperimentin dub in havana cuba '02 | blood demo '03 | animal farm single ‘05], and written a trilogy of plays [bloodclaat l featured at danny hoch's nyc hip hop theatre fest '03 | organ-eye-zed crime ll | mikey smith project lll] which are being supported by theatre passe muraille | buddies in bad times theatre | and nightwood theatre respectively. her music has been highlighted on compilations such as: lost tribes of the sun: renewal | ribsauce: a cd anthology of words by women | wordlife: tales of the underground griots | and la vache enragee. and she co-produced the cuban-canadian feminist documentary blood based on her poem of said title featuring political exile nehanda abiodun and las krudas [one of havana's leading feminist hip hop groups] with filmmaker judy singh. recently d'bi.young launched her first book of poetry art on black [by women's press] | currently d'bi.young is prepping for her fifth album chronicles in dub: blood [by zoobone records] and her first national/international music tours with her dancehall.rock band dubbin.revolushun.gangstars. © d'bi.young 2006
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