Tim'm T. West

Timothy Terrell West (born July 6, 1972), better known as Tim'm T. West, is an American educator and multi-discipline performance artist, author, hip hop recording artist, poet, activist, and youth advocate.[1][2][3][4][5][6] Humboldt State University notes West as a Renaissance man who has achieved success as a performer, activist, author, teacher, and poet.[7][8] He has been featured in many documentaries about hip hop culture, in addition to his books, he is widely anthologized, and has produced nine hip hop albums including with Deep Dickollective.[7] West has been interviewed by an array of media outlets from Newsweek to the New York Times. He was awarded a "2013 Esteem Award", and in 2015 was named an LGBTQ icon.[9]

  1. ^ Wilson, D. Mark. "Post-pomo hip-hop homos: hip-hop art, gay rappers, and social change." Social Justice 34.1 (107 (2007): 117-140.
  2. ^ Penney, Joel. ""We Don't Wear Tight Clothes": Gay Panic and Queer Style in Contemporary Hip Hop." Popular Music and Society 35.3 (2012): 321-332.
  3. ^ Fleetwood, Nicole Rachelle. Documenting" the Real": youth, race, and the discourse of realness in visual culture. Stanford University, 2001.
  4. ^ Flores, Maria Ruth A. Knowledge Morena and Literacies de Colores: Toward the Embodiment of Life Giving Knowledges in the Arts, Poetry and Song. ProQuest, 2006.
  5. ^ Bailey, Marlon M. "Performance as Intravention." Black Genders and Sexualities: 211.
  6. ^ Accomando, Christina. "Social Justice, Action, and Teaching: The Legacies of Eric Rofes." Issue 34-Social Justice Action, Teaching, and Research: 9.
  7. ^ a b Tim'm West: Reading & Q&A
  8. ^ Doug Cooper-Spencer: The View From Here: Tim’m West, Hip Hop Renaissance Man
  9. ^ one of 31 LGBT Icons by LGBT History Month.PrideIndex.com