Keisha Plum is an American poet known for her spoken-word prose typically delivered over hip-hop and soul production. Originally hailing from Buffalo, New York, she is now based out of Atlanta, GA.

Plum is an affiliate and frequent collaborator of Buffalo rap collective Griselda Records, appearing on several of group founder Westside Gunn’s songs, such as RVD and Party with Pop Smoke. While the two know each other from being in the same class from fifth to eight grade, Gunn and Plum did not reconnect until 2012 in Atlanta, where she subsequently appeared on the first installment of Gunn’s now-iconic Hitler Wears Hermes series of albums.

In her 2020 interview with The Face, Plum credits post-Black Arts Movement poets such as Jalal Mansur Nuriddin and Gil Scott-Heron for inspiring her style, as well as specifically shouting out Buffalo’s African-American Cultural Center for being “a place where I could really escape. I learned a lot about theatre and writing there, and it was just a very beautiful experience for me.”

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