Melissa Czarnik

Poet & Emcee

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Droid Serif', Calibri, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><a href="http://www.melissaczarnik.com/default.html" title="" target="_blank">Melissa Czarnik</a> (Zar-nik) is one of the most vital emcees to emerge in recent years. Mixing potent poetry, soulful hip hop and improvisatory Jazz, Czarnik’s music exemplifies artists such as Lauryn Hill, Ani Difranco and Nneka.http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/raspberry-jesus/id391868632?ign-mpt=uo%3D4http://</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Hailing from Milwaukee, Czarnik’s first two albums <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/strawberry-cadillac/id291044422?ign-mpt=uo%3D4" title="" target="_blank"><i>Strawberry Cadillac</i></a> (HMP, 2008) and <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/raspberry-jesus/id391868632?ign-mpt=uo%3D4" title="" target="_blank"><i>Raspberry Jesus </i></a>(HMP, 2010) have earned her recognition by <i>NPR, Bitch Magazine, Bust Magazine, Anattitude Magazine</i> (Europe), and <i>Democracy Now</i> among others.&nbsp;&nbsp; She has toured extensively throughout the United States and was a special guest performer at the Supafly Hip Hop Series #3 in Brussels, Belgium.&nbsp; In 2010, Czarnik was interviewed on Billy Jam’s WFMU “Women in Hip Hop Special” which also featured Rah Digga and Ayana Soyini.</p></span>

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