Akeem Olaj can be called a modern day Renaissance man. He was one of the founding members of the New Orleans Youth Slam and Slam New Orleans (Team S.N.O.), winners of the 2010 National Group Piece Competition, the & the 2012 and 2013 winners of the National Poetry Slam Competition. Other Titles that he won with Team S.N.O. include the 2016 Southern-fried Team poetry champion, the 2016 And the 2017 Southwest regional poetry slam, the 2017 Red Stick Regional Poetry champion, and he was one of the winners in a three-way tie at the 2019 Individual World Poetry Slam Competition.
