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Eric "E-Baby" Smith started his love
for writing poetry as a child. It was a skill that stayed deep inside of him, coming out periodically, but never permanently.
In July of 2000, he heard poetry from his radio; Justine Love & Todd B. [WPGC 95.5] were hosting their Thursday night Love
Talk & Poetry Cafe'. Once again, E’s words began to decorate the paper, and the minds of those who’ve read or heard them.
He's opened concerts for R&B artist Me’shell N’degeOcello (7/14/02); Musiq Soul Child & Jaguar Wright (8/18/02); Heather
Headley (3/6/03); Kevon Edmunds (9/20/03); and Lyfe jennings (4/30/08) when their tours stopped in Maryland and Washington,
DC. After releasing his gift of writing poetry
to microphones in the Washington DC area, E-baby has become the 2001 BlackWordsOnLine.com/Howard University Grand Slam Champion
in Washington, DC; the 2002 Poetology 3rd Place Winner in Baltimore, MD; a 2003 Nuyorican Semi-Finalist in New York, NY; the 2nd Place winner at the 2005 Capital Jazz Festival
in Columbia, MD; and the Vicious Thursday’s Weekly Poetry Competition Winner (Aug. 8, 15, 22, & Sept. 5, 2002).
In November 2004, E-Baby released his freshman CD, "My Thoughts Are
In This Ink". His sophomore CD, "Inktoxicated", is due spring 2008.
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In October 2002, he met his agent Tracy Wiggs [Jus Wiggin Entertainment; www.juswiggin.com]. This
combination of agent & poet launched E-Baby's 2003-04 "1-Poet Poetical Tour" (first show - Virginia Commonwealth University).
The tour touched colleges and universities in Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Tennessee, New York,
Maryland, and his home state of Virginia. His 2004-05 tour reached campuses in Texas, Missouri, Kansas, Louisiana, Colorado,
and Arkansas. His 2005-06 tour was full of encore performances from schools that featured him early in his poetical career.
His 2006-07 tour blanketed the Pennsylvania State University campuses (Harrisburg, York, New Kinsington, etc); along with
other colleges and universities in the state. The year 2008, took his poetry to the midwestern states of Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and
Wisconsin. Its now 2009, and the west coast states of California and Washington are on his agenda, [check the DATES page for
a show near you.] E-Baby’s future in poetry,
quote: "This has been with me since I formed my first ABC’s; poetry is me - the beginning, the now, the end." Email: ebabypoems@hotmail.com
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