He went on to complete his Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology and pursue a master's degree in industrial and organizational psychology. Rudy attended Alliant International University in San Diego. He then, with a group of local poets and activists called 'Collective Purpose,' opened an open mic known as Elevated in San Diego, which has been open for over ten years.
He also began to go to open mics in his area until they were closed due to gentrification. įrancisco became more involved with spoken word as he watched HBO's Def Poetry. His teacher suggested he should keep up with his writing. Rudy did not want to read this poem himself so his friend read it out loud for him instead. He wrote a love poem as part of a writing assignment in his senior year of high school and received high marks for it. Rudy Francisco was born and raised in San Diego, California and is of Belizean decent. He made an appearance on TV One's Verses and Flow and performed his spoken-word poem "Complainers" as well as "Rifle" on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. He has won several Poetry Slams and written six books of poetry: Getting Stitches, Scratch, No Gravity, No Gravity Part II, Helium, and I'll Fly Away.
Francisco (born July 27, 1982) is an American spoken word poet and author.
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