George Watsky
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Watsky at VidCon 2012
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| Birth name | George Virden Watsky |
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September 15, 1986 (age 30) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2006–present |
| Labels | Steel Wool Media |
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| Website | georgewatsky |
George Virden Watsky (born September 15, 1986), known professionally as Watsky, is an American hip hop artist, author, and poet from San Francisco, California. Watsky performs slam poetry, and was featured on Season 6 of Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry on HBO. Watsky's talents began to receive national and international acclaim in 2006 when he was the Youth Speaks Grand Slam Poetry Champion, and was also named Brave New Voices International Poetry Slam Champion.
Watsky was born in San Francisco, California, to Clare (née Miller) and Paul Watsky. George has a twin brother, Simon, who is a helicopter pilot. He has described himself as "half Jewish" (on his father's side). Watsky attended San Francisco University High School and then attended Emerson College in Boston.
Watsky started slam poetry at the age of 15, and has since exploded in popularity to reach a national audience.
In 2006, he appeared in Season Six, Episode Two of Def Poetry Jam, performing his poem "V for Virgin."
Watsky was described as the Bay Area's reigning teen champion as the winner of nearly a dozen slams, and was on the team that took fourth place in the national contest in 2005.
Watsky's poetry incorporates political and social themes. In 2006, in the midst of a lively performance to a sold-out crowd, Watsky likened politicians' behavior to a common bar pick-up line, and won the night's top score.
Reviewing a 2008 performance at Brandeis University, Sarah Bayer wrote, "Skinny, quirky George Watsky was next, with the night's most innovative piece. Watsky, a sophomore at Emerson College and a member of the grand prize-winning team from San Francisco at the National Youth Poetry Slam in 2006, adjusted the microphone to different parts of his body, imitated the sound of rewinding tape and recited binary code (a trope that caught the eye of headliner Saul Williams) in an altogether amusing performance."
Watsky continues to implement spoken word into his current career as a musician with songs like "Tiny Glowing Screens Pt. 2" and "Cannon Ball."
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