Philosophy is an extremely accomplished and debonair poet whose professional credits include TV One's "Verses & Flow; Opening act for Grammy Award Winner Gary Clark Jr. and songstress Alice Smith; Featured artist for The Fly Poet Showcase; Key Note Poet for the 2021Black/Pan African Graduation for CSU Long Beach; Opening act for world renowned poet, Saul Williams on his 'Martyr Loser' tour. He is the Ambassador of the Youth Poet Laureate Program in Long Beach Ca; He was Recruited by Google's Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Dept. to implement Spoken Word workshops. He has had his work featured at the Long Beach museum of Art In the exhibit “Ordinary People”

He has graced the cover of Art for Ashes Magazine, and Performed as a feature artist at the House of Blues. He is a Producer of the Pan African Film Festival Spoken Word Fest In 2021/22. He was a featured Artist, at the J.Paul Getty Museum, to commemorate their 25 years of being established in Los Angeles. He is one of the Founding Members of LONG BEACH NEVERSPEAK! He had the privilege of performing at the inauguration of the Major elect Rex Richardson in Long Beach 2022, The City of Long Beach, and the Major's Office commissioned a mural in his honor.

 

Born Charlie created Philosophy, the unsigned paradigm to poetry. He is Passionate about poetry, politics, Angel baseball, generosity, kung fu movies, Chuck Norris, cart wheels, double-dutch and extravagant trips to Yogurtland. He found poetry in the confines and caverns of Cal. State Long Beach and have been lost in the word ever since. He has poetry slammed throughout the states, staking he's claim with the #1 Love Poem in the Nation, co-writing the #1 Political Poem in the Nation, and being the captain of the #4 Slam Team in the Nation. He is a force... that has graced the stage of The Fly Poets Show Case and captivated audiences for the N.A.A.C.P. He was on the season 4 finale of Tvone's Verses and Flow, which is comprised of the top tier of America's poetry talents. These Poets showcase their craft on a national stage with such Grammy winning artist as Gary Clark Jr, Maxwell, and Jill Scott.