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Urban Word
December 23, 2015
NYC Campaign Finance Board

Harlem Native Nkosi Nkululeko Wins 2016 NYC Youth Poet Laureate Crown

NYC Votes and Urban Word NYC are pleased to announce that Nkosi Nkululeko has been crowned the New York City Youth Poet Laureate (YPL) for 2016. He claimed the title at the seventh annual YPL spoken word competition at 92nd Street Y on December 19th. He delivered the winning performance of his original poem, “How It Sounded to Squish a Cockroach”. 

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