NALEDEGABLE Its official I've been Nominated for a CHICAGO MUSIC AWARD in the category of Best Spoken Word Artist!! Wow, how amazing - November 08, 2011 add/view comments (0)

Latisha C. Holloway, better known to most others as "UnSpoken" was born on the south side of Chicago Illinois, to Shirley Holloway and Robert Scott, on March 25th, 1981. Growing up was more than rough. In 1989 after years of continued drug use, the man know to her as daddy gave up fighting his addiction and left home and his family. Latisha was only 8 years old at the time. Her mother now faced with raising two young children alone, eventually buckled under the pressure. This is when Latisha found her pen. Years past and as she continued to grow into her talents she faced many oppositions. It was the streets versus the arts and often enough the streets won. In the summer 1998 a place called "The Underground" was opened on the south side of Chicago. This was in Latisha's opinion one of the best things that could have happened to hip-hop and the open mic. This is when Latisha (known to her peers then as Knowledgeable) found her voice. Now using spoken word as an outlet she was finally able to release all of the frustrations that were built up on the inside of her. She eventually began to feel like she had to speak, so she made it her business to speak about everything that everyone else was to afraid to speak about. She figured why speak if your words have no affect on the people who hear them. So reflecting on the days to come and realizing her task ahead, she changed her name to "UnSpoken" and took off hitting every open mic the train could get her to. In 1999 after beginning kicked out of an undisclosed catholic high school for beginning "too over the top" she graduated from H.L. Richards High. She was accepted into four colleges including the Fisk, Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, but decided to join the United States Army in order to become all she thought she could be. Little did she know, that this was the just the beginning and God had some major plans for her life. The following year she was given an honorable discharge, regained a relationship with her father, gave birth to her daughter and was sent home. Now returning back to Chicago's south side, the same place she tried for years to escape she felt, hopeless, lost and alone. So she did the only thing she thought she could and moved 2500 miles away to a small town called Bremerton Washington. For the next 10 years Unspoken moved several times, back and forth between Washington State, Louisiana and Chicago. Over the years UnSpoken has been blessed to create, host and perform in and at many open mics. She's won numerous poetry slams, appeared on local television and radio stations and performed in numerous amounts of nightclubs, cafes, parades and other various other venues. In March of 2005 she released her first underground album entitled "Invisible Foot Steps", with the help of Piero and her associates from Shake Down Productions and sold over 5000 copies ("out the trunk".) In 2005 UnSpoken gave birth to the idea of an entertainment company called of Get Soul Productions, but it wasn't until June 2007 that she conjured up the courage to actually make it legal in the eyes of the government. In 2009 She became the host and producer of the hit local TV Show Open Mic Live and co host of Reggae Radio in Lafayette Louisiana. Currently residing in her hometown of Chicago Illinois, Attending Classes at the Illinois Center for Broadcasting and working on her first book of poetry, she still goes by the name UnSpoken, which has gown to mean: "my words are not spoken until I speak, but because I'm chosen God Speaks through me". Her favorite Bible versus comes from Ephesians 6:19-20 and she attempts everyday live accordingly. As UnSpoken continues to trust in God she ask that you remember her in your prayers and thanks you in advance for your support. For contributions, sponsorships and booking information please contact email un_spoken@getsoulproductions.c om or call 708.768.7825

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