Poetry After Dark Presents: Poetry vs. Hip-Hop 10-YEAR-ANNIVERSARY-CELEBRATION!
City Winery Nashville Presents: Poetry vs. Hip-Hop® Live! 10th Anniversary Tour! Saturday, August 2, 2025 – 6P Doors & VIP Hour 7:30P Showtime!
Queen Sheba – 2025 & 2024 Grammy-Nominated Spoken Word-Poet and founder of Poetry vs. Hip-Hop®. This stop is part of her “HEALED PEOPLE DON’T ACT LIKE THIS” album summer tour — up for your Grammy® consideration in the Spoken Word-Poetry category! PLUS the official release of her two new books, Clemency and Life in the Fast Brain.
Bonus: It’s also Queen Sheba’s birthday weekend!
Meet & Greet VIP Hour: 6–7 PM
Includes a glass of grapes (because we’re classy and cautious), a signed tour poster, a photo with the cast, and first dibs on exclusive tour merch — including her new album and books!
Poetry vs. Hip-Hop® comes to Nashville for a grown and sexy night of lyrical warfare, live vocals, and cultural celebration — part of the 10-Year Anniversary Tour and possibly the last PvHH tour as we plant roots in ATL (but never say never!). Expect poetic punches, vocal acrobatics, and lyrical curveballs in this friendly-but-fierce battle of bars and metaphors where YOU, the audience, vote for who goes home with cash and prizes.
Hosted by: Dichotomy the Poet – Nashville’s own poetic powerhouse
Featuring:
Queen Sheba – 2x Grammy-Nominated Spoken Word-Poet
Cristina Rae – Award-Winning Vocalist, 2nd Place on America’s Got Talent, and current Broadway soul quee
🎥 Experience the vibe:
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And hey… this might be our last time on the road like this.(opens in a new tab)
After 2025, we’re seriously planting roots in Atlanta — watering our legacy, nourishing the brand, and maybe growing some tomatoes while we’re at it. This tour is our love letter to every City Winery that has supported us over the years. We're hitting all the cities that believed in the vision before the Grammys, before the books, before the headlines.
But you know what they say… never say never. 👀
(Just in case we pop back up with a mic and a megaphone in 2026...)
PvHH Previous Press:
CBS
Creative Loafing!
Voyage ATL
Boston Globe!
Bay State Banner
Allston Pudding
CIAA Baltimore 2023
The Patch!
WERS Boston
