User:Reet227/Tamika Harper

Tamika Harper, a.k.a. Georgia Me (GA ME) has been acclaimed, anointed and appointed the Queen of Spoken Word. Tamika was born November 30, 1975 to Inez Harper and Jimmy King in Atlanta, Georgia. She has two siblings, Gloria Hardy and DeAngelo King. Tamika attended Peyton Forest Elementary School, John F. Kennedy Middle School and Booker T. Washington High, all in Atlanta. During her junior and senior year of high school, Tamika attended Spellman College in an advanced program but did not graduate with her class because of failing English. Georgia later attended Atlanta Metro College where a friend was able to help her secure a job with The Gallup Organization. It was at Gallup that Tamika's spoken word took off. Pushed by co-workers, Tamika's spoken word career began in 1998. After winning the title "Poetry Slam Champion" in Atlanta, Tamika travelled to Seattle, Washington to compete in the National Poetry Slam Competition. The National Poetry Slam (NPS) is the largest team performance poetry event in the world. Tamika's career took another upward turn through her appearance on the first season, first episode of the HBO television series Def Poetry also known as Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry or Def Poetry Jam hosted my Mos Def. Tamika, under her stage name Georgia Me, appeared on all seasons of Def Poetry and was an original cast member of the Tony Award winning Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam on Broadway.

Tamika Harper, a.k.a. Georgia Me, has graced the stages of the Vagina Monologues in the Royal Playhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland as well as the Souls of Black Folks 100th Anniversary at Columbia University where she shared the stage with Phylicia Rashad, Jeffrey Wright and Danny Glover. She has been featured on Showtime at the Apollo hosted by Mo'Nique, BET Tonight, The Today Show and several other media outlets. Tamika has several community affiliations ranging from the Atlanta Food Bank to Artists for Activists, spearheaded by Suheir Hammad. Her goal has been to inspire, uplift and motivate.