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- Born: 1977, Miami, FL
- Active: 2000s
- Genres: Rap
- Instrument: Vocals
- Representative Albums: "A Healthy Distrust", "Human the Death Dance", "Personal Journals
| Artist: Sage Francis |
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| Paul Francis | |
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| Birth name | Paul Francis |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupations | Rapper, Spoken Word Artist |
| Years active | 1999 – Present |
| Labels | Strange Famous Records Epitaph |
| Website | Official Website |
Paul "Sage" Francis (born November 18, 1977) is a hip-hop artist from Providence, Rhode Island [1]. Rapping under the pseudonym "Sage Francis,"[2] his style blends a varying tone and delivery with subject matter that focuses on intricate sequences of widely varying imagery, metaphors, the occasional pun, absurdism, word play often in the form of phonetic mix-ups and rhetorical excursions, and pop culture references, while including touchstones of traditional hip hop such as storytelling and self-promotion.
Francis is the owner/CEO of the independent hip-hop record label Strange Famous Records. This label first began as a way for Francis to bootleg his unreleased songs in the late 90's and has since evolved into an official enterprise with an expanding roster of like-minded artists. Francis is also part of the contemporary spoken word movement, performing often at poetry events, and blurring the lines between poetry and hip-hop. Francis relationship with the Providence Poetry Slam community (he was on their 1998, 1999 and 2002 national poetry slam teams[3]) led to it being called "The House that Sage Francis Built"[4]" From 2000 - 2002, he also DJ-ed for the NYC-Urbana Poetry Slam, a weekly slam series held at the legendary punk rock venue CBGB.[5] In May 2008, Francis represented "stage poetry" in a "Page Meets Stage" event at the Bowery Poetry Club, with Jeffrey McDaniel representing the "page poet."[6]
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