Select Press Quotes
“An Antifa militant campaigning to defund the police, abolish prisons, and demand reparations.” – Andy Ngo / The Post Millennial
“White rapper” – Jesse Lee Peterson
“Journalist and rapper” – The Appeal
“Refining what can be a good song” – Left Flank Vets
"Somebody who really is quite profound and actually happens to get his mind, body and soul across in his rap lyrics." – Chuck D
“AWKWORD has been fighting police brutality on and off wax throughout his career.” – Justin Hunte
“He gets it” - Karim Bettache
"Talent rap right hurrrr" – Sarah Polonsky
"AWKWORD's career is going straight up, so check him out now so you can say you knew him before." – Kathy Iandoli
"AWKWORD is as much an activist as an artist, channeling the idea of conveying a message and a viewpoint through rhyme and attempting to cause a change in the world around him." – Philip Mlynar
"It's always good to hear some MCs rap about our nation and its current state." – Scottie Beam
"AWKWORD is an artist whose vision knows no boundaries. He imprints hip-hop history." – Yoh
"Though his mission is serious, AWKWORD's got a quicksilver wit that permeates most of his tracks… Stay on his good side; it’s a pretty inspiring place to be." – MTV
"One of our favorite up-and-coming emcees... even more than his good deeds, it's his music." – Genius
"Refreshingly, AWKWORD is trying to blaze his own trail (what other White guy quotes Maya Angelou in any industry?) by releasing music with a message." – The Urban Daily
"Don’t let the stage name fool you — when it comes to rocking the mic... AWKWORD is anything but." – DJ Z, DJ Booth
Select AWKWORD Interviews
AWKWORD Walks Out of Interview with Nazi Sympathizer Jesse Lee Peterson (Video)
DXBreakdown with Justin Hunte (Video)
Redacted Tonight with Lee Camp for RT (Video)
The Nomiki Show with Nomiki Konst (Video)
GetYourNewsOnWithRon with Ron Placone (Video)
The Convo Couch (Video)
Left Flank Vets (Audio) (Part I) (Part II)
Biting Commentary with Lauren Ashcraft, featuring Ron Placone and AWKWORD (Video)
Status Coup with Tina Desiree Berg (Video)
District 34 with Tina Desiree Berg (Audio)
The Unruly Hour with Savage Joy (Video)
Not Safe for Wonks (Video)
Pardon the Ignorance with Kenzo Shibata, Ep 1, featuring Rara Imler, Aaron Thorpe & AWKWORD (Video)
Facts On The Ground (Video)
The Gregg Housh Show (Video)
The Vanguard (Video)
The Populist Voice Presents: The Free Black America Podcast (Video)
The People’s Basics with Jon Munitz (Video)
Sabby Sabs (Video)
Jay Befaunt (Revolutionary Blackout Network) (Video)
Radical Democracy with Kahmali Rose (Video)
Leftist & Chill with iDanSimpson (Video)
The Ongoing History of Protest Music (Audio)
Rap Genius with Shawn Setaro (Audio + Annotatable Script)
Village Voice (Digital Print)
The Halftime Show with DJ Eclipse (Audio)
The Library with Tim Einenkel on Chuck D’s Rapstation Radio (Audio)
We Are Change (Audio)
Anonymous Bites Back (Video)
Green Left Weekly [Australia] (Digital Print)
Juice Magazine [Germany] (Print)
Polititalk with Tanbir Chowdhury (Audio)
Political Hack and Slash with Chris and Nial (Video)
Politics at Work (Audio)
HEwas (Video)
Epic Tomorrows (Video) (Part I) (Part II)
On IG Live with DJ Que Eleven (Video)
The Upcoming Hip Hop Podcast (Audio)
The Morning Rush with WeekendGabe on WLUW 88.7 FM (Audio)
All Around Africa [Kenya] (Digital Print)
Hip Hop Breath (Print)
Rap Seminar Breaks Down “Gas Land” by AWKWORD
Select Media Placements
American Media
Complex • MTV • Village Voice • MSNBC's The Grio • VICE • Huffington Post • Shadowproof • The Appeal •Common Dreams • Daily Dot • The Nation • Daily Kos • Real Progressives • Elemental Magazine • The Fader • Prefix Mag • Urb • Karen Civil • XXL • The Source • Vibe • Hot 97 • HipHopDX •HotNewHipHop • Vlad TV • Ego Trip • The Urban Daily • Ambrosia For Heads • Okay Player • TeamBackPack • ThisIs50 • DJ Booth • RESPECT • RapFest • EARMILK • BREAL.tv • The Smoking Section • AllHipHop • HipHopSince1987 • Mr. Davey D's HipHopAndPolitics • Weekly Rap Gods • Hip Hop Wired • 2DopeBoyz • Nah Right • Stupid Dope • Digiwaxx • Byron Crawford • Dallas Penn • The Combat Jack Show • Lowkey/You Heard That New • DJ Enuff • DJ Bobby Trends • WhoMag? TV • Ashley Outrageous • Good Music All Day • Passion of the Weiss • Artistic Manifesto
American Radio / PODCASTS
The Nomiki Show with Nomiki Konst • Redacted Tonight with Lee Camp • The Convo Couch • The Jimmy Dore Show • ANDYOUDON'TSTOP with Chuck D of Public Enemy • Hip Hop Nation (Sirius XM) with Statik Selektah • The Halftime Show with DJ Eclipse • Rap Is Outta Control Radio with DJ JS-1 • Planet Earth Planet Rap on RapStationRadio • Radio Dispatch with John and Molly Knefel • The Emilio Sparks Experience • East New York Radio / Beatminerz Radio with PF Cuttin • The Company Man Show on PNC Radio • BTR with DJ Wayne Ski on PNC Radio • The Morning Rush on WLUW Chicago • Damage Control Show with Bumpy Knuckles • Straight From The Underground (SFTU) Radio • Southern Vanguard Radio
International Media
MTV Base (Africa) • Adramatic Hip-Hop (Belgium) • Noticiário Periférico (Brazil) • Boi-1da.net (Canada) • Rap Dose (Canada) • BlackoutHipHop (Croatia) • Bbarak.cz (Czech Republic) • Raumalainen (Finland) • Hip Hop Breath (France) • HipHop.de (Germany) • I Still Love Her (Germany) • Juice Magazin (Germany) • TheHipHop.org (India) • Ecko Unlimited Italy (Italy) • il Ducato Urbino (Italy) • Yappari HipHop (Japan) • Malawi24 (Malawi) • Malawi Voice (Malawi) • Hiphop In Je Smoel (Netherlands) • TheNet.ng (Nigeria) • YabaLeftOnline.com (Nigeria) • Kingsize Magazine (Norway) • Popkiller (Poland) • Hiphoplive.ro (Romania) • DopeFuture (Russia) • RT (Russia) •Hip-Hop.sk (Slovakia) • HeavyWords (South Africa) • Versos Perfectos (Spain) • Tonkonst (Sweden) • HHKMag (UK) • Lily Mercer (UK) • The Hip Hop Chronicle (UK) • Lusaka Times (Zambia) • Zambian Music Blog (Zambia)