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Infobox musical artist| | name = Sage Francis| image = Sage Francis.jpg| caption =| image_size =| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Paul Francis| birth_date = Birth date and age|1976|11|18|mf=yes| birth_place = Miami, Florida | genre = Hip hop music|Hip hop | occupation = Rapping|Rapper , Spoken word|Spoken word artist | years_active = 1996& ndash;present| associated_acts = Non-Prophets , Joe Beats , B. Dolan , Art Official Intelligence| label = Strange Famous Records , Anticon , Epitaph Records , ANTI- | website = http://www.sagefrancis.net/ www.sagefrancis.net| notable_instruments = Paul "Sage" Francis (born November 18, 1976) is a hip hop music|hip hop artist from Providence, Rhode Island . He is a founder of Strange Famous Records .
History
Born Paul Francis in Miami, Florida , Sage Francis is a rapper, writer and performer from Providence, Rhode Island . He is a founder and CEO of the independent hip hop record label Strange Famous Records . The label first began as a way for him to release his previously unreleased songs in the late 1990s. It has since evolved into an official enterprise with an expanding roster of like-minded artists. He released several Sick Of mixtapes available only on his tours and website.
Sage Francis won the Scribble Jam emcee battle in 2000. In 2001, the song " Makeshift Patriot ," recorded on October 11, 2001, became an Internet hit for its critique of American media during, and immediately following, the September 11 attacks . He released the critically acclaimed first solo album Personal Journals in 2002. He signed to Epitaph Records , making himself the first hip hop artist to sign with the punk rock label. He subsequently released three albums with Epitaph Records; A Healthy Distrust , Human the Death Dance and Li(f)e .Braidwood, Stefan (2005) http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/f/francissage-healthy.shtml Sage Francis A Healthy Distrust , PopMatters , February 17, 2005, retrieved 2010-11-14Massimo, Rick (2007) "R.I. Rapper Hits the Road", Providence Journal , May 13, 2007
Sage Francis is also part of the contemporary spoken word movement. His relationship with the Providence poetry slam community (he was on their 1998, 1999 and 2002 national poetry slam teams http://www.gotpoetry.com/Sections/op=viewarticle/artid=16.html Providence Poetry Slam info on GotPoetry.com) led to it being called "The House that Sage Francis Built."Aptowicz, Cristin O'Keefe. (2008). Words in Your Face: A Guided Tour Through Twenty Years of the New York City Poetry Slam. New York City : Soft Skull Press. Page 100. ISBN 1-933368-82-9. From 2000 to 2002, he also DJ-ed for the NYC-Urbana poetry slam, a weekly slam series held at the legendary punk rock venue CBGB .Aptowicz, Cristin O'Keefe. (2008). Words in Your Face: A Guided Tour Through Twenty Years of the New York City Poetry Slam. New York City : Soft Skull Press. Page 198. ISBN 1-933368-82-9.
Sage Francis has done extensive live shows as well, whether it was battling during Scribble Jam, as well as doing live shows for the past two decades. He has done shows with Atmosphere (music group)|Atmosphere , Brother Ali , Eyedea & Abilities among others. Most recently, he has toured with B. Dolan and Buddy Wakefield who are both artists on Strange Famous Records.
http://www.strangefamousrecords.com/sage-francis/ Official website
http://www.strangefamousrecords.com/ Strange Famous Records
http://www.twitter.com/SageFrancisSFR Sage Francis on Twitter
http://www.strangefamousrecords.com/forum/ Strange Famous Forum
http://www.knowmore.org/ KnowMore: The People's Corporation Watch Project
http://www.slapmagazine.com/new_site/issues/12_05/Sage/ Interview for Slap Magazine (Dead Link)
http://www.scenemissingmagazine.com/? p=1112 Interview for Scene Missing Magazine
http://www.strangefamousrecords.com/media/sage_chuckd.mp3 Sage Francis Interview with Chuck D.
http://www.illestlyrics.com/exclusives/an-illest-exclusive-with-sage-francis/ Interview with Sage Francis 2010
http://thefindmag.com/? p=4005 Interview: Sage Francis | The Find Magazine (2010)
Sage Francis Persondata | NAME =Francis, Sage | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Strange famous, zaulzan, Woonsocket's finest | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =November 18, 1976 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Providence, Rhode Island|Providence , Rhode Island | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Francis, Sage Category:1976 births Category:American vegetarians Category:Epitaph Records artists Category:Living people Category:People from Providence, Rhode Island Category:Rappers from Rhode Island Category:Slam poets Category:Spoken word poets Category:Underground rappers
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