The Repeat Beat Poet, a Hip Hop artist and broadcaster working to capture and extend moments of time, thoughts, and feelings

Peter deGraft-Johnson is The Repeat Beat Poet, a Hip Hop artist and broadcaster working to capture and extend moments of time, thoughts, and feelings. Peter has performed across the UK and internationally at venues including the Southbank Centre and Ronnie Scotts in London, performing alongside artists like Margaret Atwood and Roger Robinson, and Thundercat. He is also the co-founder of the Hip Hop open mic night Pen-Ting, a house emcee with Hip Hop label and jam night Imaginary Millions, creator of the Spoken Word radio show #TheRepeatBeatBroadcast and host of the multi-award nominated Lunar Poetry Podcast, which is archived in the British Library.

His debut single This That (ft. SafeNath) was released in 2020 to rave reviews, and in 2021 he was an inaugural writer-in-residence at the Library of Africa & The African Diaspora in Accra, Ghana. His work has been published by Magma Poetry, Bad Betty Press, and Poetry On The Picket Line, and his debut pamphlet A Testament To Life And Death will be published in February 2022.

This event is part of an all-day performance at Hot Box. You can buy individual tickets for performances or a day ticket. The day ticket includes all the events plus two comedy acts not available individually.

Kensi, L’amour and Shar will be compering the whole day of events at Hot Box, they will perform during the artist change over and introduce each act with their wit and artistry.