Multidisciplinary artist e.g. bailey is a spoken word performer, director, film maker, and producer. He is founder of several entities including the Minnesota Spoken Word Association and record label Trú Rúts, which he runs.

Shá Cage is a playwright, actor, spoken word performer, and community organizer. Her work and activism has taken her all across the United States, to South Africa, England, France, the Netherlands, Belgrade and Croatia, Mali, and Canada. She is artistic director of the Minnesota Spoken Word Association and teaches teens activism through the urban arts.