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Benjamin Washington is a 23 year old Spoken Word artist from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Since the age of 14, Benjamin has been involved in the spoken word scene starting from his sophomore year in high. In that time, Benjamin led Istrouma High School to back to back All-City Teen Poetry Slam Championships from (phone number hidden)2, along with being selected as one of the "Top 6" youth poets to represent Baton Rouge at the Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam in 2011. Upon graduating from Istrouma High School in 2013, Benjamin attended the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, where he founded the campus organization, PowerfUL Poets. While serving as Founder and President, Benjamin led his team to a 1st Place victory in the Louisiana Collegiate Slam, which consisted of teams from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Grambling State University in Ruston, and Northwestern State University in Natchitoches. From that victory, Benjamin, along with two team members Jalen Shelvin and Dexter Portalis, formed the spoken word collective BlackSmith. In present day, Benjamin , along with his group BlackSmith, have been paving their own lane in the spoken world world. From opening up for the Mayor of Baton Rouge to packing 60+ people to a small coffee shop in Port Allen, Louisiana for their very first show, BlackSmith has been moving across the Louisiana area performing and receiving support in droves. Benjamin’s debut spoken word album “G3” , can be found on BandCamp at (link hidden).