Best Slam Poet


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Readers' picks

Best Bartender
 Cat, The Poor House, Fort Lauderdale

Best Club DJ
 DJ Kid Fresh

Best Radio Personalities
 Paul Castronovo and Young Ron Brewer, Big 105.9

Best Athlete
 Dwyane Wade, Miami Heat

Best TV Personality
 Jade Alexander, WFOR-TV (Channel 4)
 
Asia Samson
www.slanted-eye.com

 Asia Samson wrote his first poem at the age of 5. Now 26, the slam poet and member of the Slanted Eye poetry group released his first chapbook, I Be Me, and first solo spoken-word album, Tell-a-Vision, this year. Originally from the Philippines, Asia challenges readers and audiences to see things from a different perspective. After graduating from Spanish River High School in Boca Raton in 1996, he dove into the slam-poetry scene, writing controversial pieces about Asian discrimination and stereotypes. Asia has a novel in the works and continues to work with teenagers, volunteering his time at area high schools to inspire a new generation to wake up and see the world without prejudice.