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Welcome to my homepage! My name is Shazzar, aka Imani (faith) on the internet! I am a Christian who runs for the glory of God. I was born in Houston, Texas in the Lone Star state, but I was raised in the West in a city called Long Beach, CA where the weather is always sunny. It's a nice place to live. I graduated from USC where I was majoring in English (Creative Writing). I am presently a graduate student at California State University at Long Beach. Do you want to see how I look? Well take a "LOOK" at my photos!
I write poetry, fiction, plays, screen plays, songs, etc., hopefully you'll be hearing about me soon. Until then you can sample a few of MY POEMS! Here's a sample of a short story I wrote called Epiphany, it's about love! I plan to be even greater than my mentors Langston Hughes, my main literary role model, Maya Angelou, my inspiration, Sonia Sanchez, she reminds me most of my poetic-self, Mildred Taylor, she gave me the hunger to create, J. California Cooper, a master of the short story, Virginia Hamilton, my first inspiration and the first writer I ever met, Nikki Giovanni, a true poetic soul, Zora Neale Hurston, a master of poetic fiction, Toni Morrison, "Nobel Prize for Literature", need I say more?, Gordon Parks, a true renaissance man like myself, Alice Walker, her fiction is like reading poetry, Edwidge Danticat, a future great, and Octavia Butler, the queen of science fiction.
I love MUSIC, especially GOSPEL! Some of my favorites are Deitrick Haddon & Unity Praise, a young minister and choir that takes gospel to a new level, Hezekiah Walker and The Love Fellowship Crusade Choir, an all-time favorite, Sara Von Davenport, a future gospel great, Trin-i-tee 5:7, the new gospel divas and my favorite female group, SOUL, my favorite gospel group at the moment, CeCe Winans, truly a woman of God, Kirk Franklin, want a revolution?, Fred Hammond & Radical For Christ, get your Holy praise on!, the Reverend Jackie McCullough truly inspirational!, Karen Clark-Sheard, her voice is one of the closest things to hearing an Angel sing, Crystal Lewis she has one of the most soulful voices in Christian music!, Marvin Sapp, he sings about God's grace & mercy!, Gospel Rap's Wu Tang Clan is The Cross Movement (they'll leave you blessed),
GRITS, one of the best Gospel Rap group on earth!, Knowdaverbs, one of gospel rap's best, Out of Eden three young sistas in the Lord, God's Property featuring Kirk Franklin,
Timiney Figueroa, she touches my heart, Terri Carroll, she brings new flava to gospel music, Kelli Williams, Jaci Velasquez, the virtuous women of Virtue, DeLeon Richards, and more!
I also love reggae, some of my favorites are the great Bob Marley, the beautiful Diana King who sings my anthem "Shy Guy", Chevelle Franklyn whose voice is precious and others who live by the rhythm and the drums of Jamaica! These french sistas inspire mon amour, Les Nubians. Babyface is one of my mentors as far as R&B is concerned. I love Erykah Badu,
she is beautiful along with her album "Baduizm"!, featuring the spiritual single "On & On"! I also love Ambersunshower, her music will take you to another world!, My lyrical female counterpart Lauryn Hill, The Roots, real hip-hop, heavenly DIVINE, these young sistas will win over your heart!, MYA she is so sweet!, Billy Lawrence, she's someone who brings me so much "Happiness!", a sweet young sista named Nicole, Gwen Dickey, the heart of Rose Royce, DeBarge, Jonathan Butler, Brian McKnight, Sade, lovely Aaliyah, 702, Tamia, and too many more to mention!
There are few who inspire me and I call them my mentors: JESUS CHRIST, The Lord and Savior! Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a great man, James Earl Jones, a man that proves that greatness can be achieved no matter what one's beginnings are, Kevin Johnson, a great basketball player who gave me my first scholarship, Langston Hughes, the definition of a writer, Frederick Douglass, a man of greatness, Maya Angleou, truly magnificent, Malcolm X, a man of greatness, W.E.B. Du Bois, a man of greatness, Bishop Noel Jones, an anointed man of God who has a great ministry called "JAM", the Reverend Jackie McCullough, an anointed woman of God, Wilma Rudolph, she encouraged me to achieve by overcoming her obstacles in life, Michael Johnson, running the race of faith, Babyface, who taught me about chivalry, Sonia Sanchez, we share the same poetic essence, and a few more! I admire a young lady named Teyonka Parker who is an achiever like myself, because it's not where you're from, it's where you're going to in life under God's light!
Check Out My Webrings and enter another World!
Welcome to my homepage! My name is Shazzar, aka Imani (faith) on the internet! I am a Christian who runs for the glory of God. I was born in Houston, Texas in the Lone Star state, but I was raised in the West in a city called Long Beach, CA where the weather is always sunny. It's a nice place to live. I graduated from USC where I was majoring in English (Creative Writing). I am presently a graduate student at California State University at Long Beach. Do you want to see how I look? Well take a "LOOK" at my photos!
I write poetry, fiction, plays, screen plays, songs, etc., hopefully you'll be hearing about me soon. Until then you can sample a few of MY POEMS! Here's a sample of a short story I wrote called Epiphany, it's about love! I plan to be even greater than my mentors Langston Hughes, my main literary role model, Maya Angelou, my inspiration, Sonia Sanchez, she reminds me most of my poetic-self, Mildred Taylor, she gave me the hunger to create, J. California Cooper, a master of the short story, Virginia Hamilton, my first inspiration and the first writer I ever met, Nikki Giovanni, a true poetic soul, Zora Neale Hurston, a master of poetic fiction, Toni Morrison, "Nobel Prize for Literature", need I say more?, Gordon Parks, a true renaissance man like myself, Alice Walker, her fiction is like reading poetry, Edwidge Danticat, a future great, and Octavia Butler, the queen of science fiction.
I love MUSIC, especially GOSPEL! Some of my favorites are Deitrick Haddon & Unity Praise, a young minister and choir that takes gospel to a new level, Hezekiah Walker and The Love Fellowship Crusade Choir, an all-time favorite, Sara Von Davenport, a future gospel great, Trin-i-tee 5:7, the new gospel divas and my favorite female group, SOUL, my favorite gospel group at the moment, CeCe Winans, truly a woman of God, Kirk Franklin, want a revolution?, Fred Hammond & Radical For Christ, get your Holy praise on!, the Reverend Jackie McCullough truly inspirational!, Karen Clark-Sheard, her voice is one of the closest things to hearing an Angel sing, Crystal Lewis she has one of the most soulful voices in Christian music!, Marvin Sapp, he sings about God's grace & mercy!, Gospel Rap's Wu Tang Clan is The Cross Movement (they'll leave you blessed), GRITS, one of the best Gospel Rap group on earth!, Knowdaverbs, one of gospel rap's best, Out of Eden three young sistas in the Lord, God's Property featuring Kirk Franklin, Timiney Figueroa, she touches my heart, Terri Carroll, she brings new flava to gospel music, Kelli Williams, Jaci Velasquez, the virtuous women of Virtue, DeLeon Richards, and more!
I also love reggae, some of my favorites are the great Bob Marley, the beautiful Diana King who sings my anthem "Shy Guy", Chevelle Franklyn whose voice is precious and others who live by the rhythm and the drums of Jamaica! These french sistas inspire mon amour, Les Nubians. Babyface is one of my mentors as far as R&B is concerned. I love Erykah Badu, she is beautiful along with her album "Baduizm"!, featuring the spiritual single "On & On"! I also love Ambersunshower, her music will take you to another world!, My lyrical female counterpart Lauryn Hill, The Roots, real hip-hop, heavenly DIVINE, these young sistas will win over your heart!, MYA she is so sweet!, Billy Lawrence, she's someone who brings me so much "Happiness!", a sweet young sista named Nicole, Gwen Dickey, the heart of Rose Royce, DeBarge, Jonathan Butler, Brian McKnight, Sade, lovely Aaliyah, 702, Tamia, and too many more to mention!
There are few who inspire me and I call them my mentors: JESUS CHRIST, The Lord and Savior! Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a great man, James Earl Jones, a man that proves that greatness can be achieved no matter what one's beginnings are, Kevin Johnson, a great basketball player who gave me my first scholarship, Langston Hughes, the definition of a writer, Frederick Douglass, a man of greatness, Maya Angleou, truly magnificent, Malcolm X, a man of greatness, W.E.B. Du Bois, a man of greatness, Bishop Noel Jones, an anointed man of God who has a great ministry called "JAM", the Reverend Jackie McCullough, an anointed woman of God, Wilma Rudolph, she encouraged me to achieve by overcoming her obstacles in life, Michael Johnson, running the race of faith, Babyface, who taught me about chivalry, Sonia Sanchez, we share the same poetic essence, and a few more! I admire a young lady named Teyonka Parker who is an achiever like myself, because it's not where you're from, it's where you're going to in life under God's light!
Check Out My Webrings and enter another World!