You one of the poets who made poetry something alive and tangible and electric for me, for so many of us. Beautiful Soul.” Poet Danez Smith wrote on Twitter, “Rest In Peace #MumsDaSchemer. “Oz” co-star Dean Winters wrote on Instagram, “Gutted…Beautiful Man. muMs told The New York Times, “Before hip-hop, I couldn’t speak.” A year after “A Sucker Emcee,” in 2015, muMs wrote the highly praised play “Paradox of the Urban Cliché” about a young couple’s trials and tribulations in Harlem.įellow artists voiced their sorrow and condolences on social media. Receiving rave reviews, “A Sucker Emcee” chronicles muMs’ life from his childhood in the Bronx and explores how hip-hop gave him a voice. He was planning to stage his autobiographical one-man show, “A Sucker Emcee,” this summer. In addition to his poetry, he was also a playwright and stage actor. Grant was filming a recurring role on Starz’s Hightown series and was also working on Tyler Perry’s All the Queen’s Men series for BET’s streaming. Grant’s representatives at Ellipsis Entertainment Group announced his passing Thursday morning. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage) Poet and actor Craig muMs the Schemer Grant reportedly died yesterday, March 24. The story and its characters are unforgettable. Craig Mums Grant, the poet and actor who starred in six seasons of the HBO drama Oz, died on March 25. MuMs’ poetry tackled the somber topics of inequality, racism, the streets of New York, mass incarceration, drug abuse and more - all with a bit of humor. Unlike the other mother-daughter books on this list, White Oleander is fiction, although readers who have clung to toxic mothers or endured hardship, abuse, loneliness, and abandonment, will see the truth on every page. A Dandelion for My Mother by Jean Nordhaus. One of the raps performed by the Mau Maus on the “Bamboozled” soundtrack, “Ploylessness,” was written by muMs himself. A daughter explores the different views and opinions she and her mother have, on topics ranging from religion to nature, which leads the daughter to appreciate her mom's way of seeing and living in the world. He played a member of the fictional rap group, the Mau Maus, with other prominent rappers like Bronx native Mos Def. MuMs also starred in Spike Lee’s “Bamboozled,” an intense racial satire. muMs passionately and fiercely recited lines like: “I have died toothless and been reborn 144,000 times/I’ve got 144,000 rhymes for every brain cell/But I waste away in a cell.” The poetry that muMs performed as Poet was his own. Distributed exclusively for launch within the. On “Oz,” Poet performed slam poetry in the dining hall that had his fellow inmates laughing and crying. Poems for New Mums was a poetry anthology designed to support new mums through the first year of motherhood. He went on to act in his best-known role as Arnold “Poet” Jackson on “Oz,” a groundbreaking prison drama that was the first one-hour dramatic television series by HBO. MuMs first entered the public eye in the documentary “SlamNation,” which followed the 1996 Nuyorican Poetry Slam team that muMs was a part of. His cause of death is yet to be determined. On March 24, 2021, poet, rapper and actor Craig Grant, also known as “muMs da Schemer,” or most commonly as just “muMs,” unexpectedly died at age 52. Keep rocking the mic, Schemer!," the post concluded. His legacy will live on, from the Bronx and into the beyond. "muMs’ presence, performances, and words inspired a generation. "We’ll forever miss our friend, brother, LAB member, Emcee, mentor, poet, actor, spoken-word giant, and fire-breathing teddy bear." "The LAByrinth Theater family is deeply saddened to share the news of the unexpected loss of Craig ‘muMs’ Grant," the theater's official Instagram handle posted. Besides his character role of Arnold "Poet" Jackson on HBO's "Oz," Grant was also a member of LAByrinth Theater Company that issued a statement to announce his demise. The actor worked in a popular TV series "Oz" that ran from 1997 to 2003 on HBO, which featured Grant in a prisoner's character who is addicted to heroin and often recites poetry to fellow prisoners. The cause of his death has not been revealed yet. Kirk Acevedo mourned the loss of the actorĪctor and poet Craig Grant, who was popularly known as "muMs da Schemer" passed away at the age of 52 Wednesday.LAByrinth Theater Company announced the demise.The actor who played Arnold "Poet" Jackson in "Oz" has died Craig Mums Grant, the poet and actor who starred in six seasons of the HBO drama Oz, died on March 25.
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