“Slamming” Penn Undergrads on HBO’s “Brave New Voices”

Over the years on DT, I posted about The Excelano Project, a captivating group at Penn that performs the Spoken Word.

Apparently, 4 members of this group have caught the attention of Russell Simmons and will be starring in Simmons’ new HBO show “Brave New Voices” debuting this Sunday night at 11pm ET/PT.

Per the HBO site, the show is “one part Def Poetry Jam and two-parts documentary” which “features the finest young spoken word artists in the country”.

Representing from Penn are Josh Bennett (C’10), Aysha El Shamayleh (C’10), Alysia Harris (C’10), and Chloe Wayne (C’10).

If you recall, last year I named Alysia Harris‘ performance of “What’s in a Soldier”, the “#1 Penn Video That Will Give You the Chills”.

Best of luck to Team Philadelphia!

Watch out for them on Sundays at 11 pm ET/PT on HBO!