Def Sound

Def Sound (pronouns they/them) is an Afro-Caribbean conceptual word artist born and based in South Central LA. Def’s work as a poet has been included in Saul Williams' Anthology CHORUS, while their music has been featured in Season 4 of ABC’s Grownish, LA WEEKLY, LA Record, The L.A. Times, The Frieze Art Fair, LACMA’s Poetry series POETRY In Color, the art exhibition The Black Index curated by Dr. Bridget Cooks, the Emmy Nominated Television series Music Diaries, and the Emmy winning Artbound on KCET. Def is currently teaching Hip Hop/Black Critical Theory at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). Def synthesizes Hip Hop, poetry, Black critical theory, and storytelling into healing mechanisms decorating time and space - because that's all we have.