KHALID ALLAH ALSO KNOWN AS NINO BLACKNEZ TURNED TO POETRY AFTER YEARS IN THE RAP GAME. DISCOVERED BY K HUSTLE AND THE AFRICATOWN POETS, HE STARTED TO FIND HIS TRUE CALLING. HE HAS TOURED THE GULF COAST WITH HUGGY BEAR THE POET AND GRACED MICROPHONES ALL OVER. HIS STYLE IS SIMILAR TO YOUR FAVORITE RAPPERS, WITH LYRICS THAT TOUCH THE REALITY OF BEING A BLACK MALE IN AMERIKKKA. WITH POEMS LIKE "PAIN PERCIEVED" AND "NEW ORLEANS," HE CAPTURES THE INJUSTICES OF BEING LESS THAN EQUAL. WITH "EMOTIONALLY WEAK" HE NARRATES WHAT MOST BLACK MALES GO THROUGH IN THIS SOCIETY -AN ADDICTION TO THE STREETS, WHICH HE COMPARES TO FEMALE THAT HAS HIM SMITTEN. IN HIS NEWEST EFFORT " LOST" HE DESCRIBES WHAT IT IS TO BE BLACK AND OR POOR IN AMERIKKKA. THIS LYRICAL ASSASSIN HAS BEEN DUBBED PUNCHLINE BY HIS PEERS BECAUSE OF HIS SADISTIC AND WITTY STYLE. HIS INFLUENCES ARE GILL SCOTT HERON, THE LAST POETS, CURTIS MAYFIELD AND THE AFRICA TOWN POETS. HE ALSO ADMIRES ELDRIDGE CLEAVER FOR HIS ARTICULATION OF THE MOVEMENT.