This Louisiana native found her voice in her teenage years when journal writing evolved into poetry. Both her sister and mother shared original work with the young poet. Dupas remembers vividly how their words resonated in her mind and inspired her to tell her own story. Though she began writing her own poetry at a young age, it was not until her senior year in high school that she performed her work before an audience. She attended her first open-mic night as a freshman in college with no idea that she would go on to co-host Warm Wednesdays, the longest running weekly open-mic venue in Baltimore for three years. She now hosts two open-mic venues: VERBATIMondays in Baltimore, Maryland and Busboys & Poets in Shirlington, Virginia. She has released three poetry CDS, appeared on Centric’s Lyric Café, served as the host of Onemic.tv Online, founded A Dose of Dupas production company, and is working on her first poetry book Beauty for Ashes: The Exchange.
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The following music was played in this episode:
Tumbao' (Louie Vega Remix) - Luisito Quintero
Always Will - ft. Muhsinah and Kaidi Tatham
Catching Feelings (Remix) Faith Evans
Looking for The Sun - Aya