Nike – Let Me Play
Hot 97
Kiss-FM
Urban Word NYC
Bed Stuy's PR-G
University of Wisconsin
Mercy College
The Joan Goldstein Education Foundation
Hymowitz Children's Education Foundation, Inc.
B Yung, Janine and Ceez spitting their poetry on-air at Hot 97 this morning.
Cipha Sounds and Rosenberg recapped the Knicks Poetry Slam Finals on their March 4th show. Listen Here
Check us out in the New York Times
Congratulations to Janine Simon of Brooklyn! She took home $10,000 towards her education, $25,000 in Nike branded gym equipment to donate to the school of her choice, a laptop, a printer and a session to customize her own NIKEiD shoes!
2nd Place Winner - Cynthia "Ceez" Keteku won $7,500 towards her education, a laptop, a printer and a session to customize her own NIKEiD shoes!
3rd Place Winner - Brook "B Yung" Yung won $5,000 towards his education, a laptop, a printer and a session to customize his own NIKEiD shoes!
Props to University of Wisconsin for donating two full tuition 4-year scholarships to the Knicks Poetry Slam Program and congrats to the winners of those $80,000 scholarships.
A big thank you to Mercy College for donating a full tuition4-year scholarship to the Knicks Poetry Slam Program, valued at $60,000.
WHAT: Knicks Poetry Slam Final
WHEN: March 3, 2009 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
WHERE: The Grand Ballroom, Manhattan Center
Come watch the Knicks award over $200,000 in grants and prizes to Knicks Poetry Slam participants. And it’s FREE admission…
Email KnicksPoetrySlam@thegarden.com to reserve your tickets
Spittin' Prize:
1st Place winner: $10,000 educational grant, laptop, printer & $25,000
Nike branded equipment drop to the first place winner's school
2nd Place winner: $7,500 educational grant, laptop & printer
3rd Place winner: $5,000 educational grant, laptop & printer
4th-10th Place winners: $1,000 educational grant
The top 10 Finalists score a session to customize their own NIKEiD shoes
Written Prize:
TWO Essay Contest Winners
4-year full-tuition scholarship to the Univ. of Wisconsin
4-year full-tuition scholarship to Mercy College
Knicks Poetry Slam Participants:
Nike will host a career seminar where sports execs from the New York Knicks and Nike will speak about careers in sports.
