2024Nominee
Best Performance
Blitz
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Actor
Clarendon, Jamaica, British West Indies [now Jamaica]
August 24, 1952
Biography
Linton Kwesi Johnson OD (born 24 August 1952), also known as LKJ, is a Jamaica-born, British-based dub poet and activist. In 2002, he became the second living poet, and the only black one, to be published in the Penguin Modern Classics series. His performance poetry involves the recitation of his own verse in Jamaican patois over dub-reggae, usually written in collaboration with reggae producer/artist Dennis Bovell.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2006Nominee
Best Performance
Hitmusik: Konsten att sätta rytm till revolt
2017Winner
Best Performance
Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers
Career Highlights
1992Highlight
Best Performance
Black and White in Colour
2003Highlight
Best Performance
Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Video
Blitz
Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers
Dread Beat and Blood