Gylan Kain, Spoken Word Artist Who Co-Founded the Original Last Poets, Dies at 81

Gylan Kain, the spoken-word artist known as Kain the Poet, who co-founded the influential New York outfit the Last Poets, died of complications from heart disease on February 7, The New York Times reports, citing his son Rufus Kain. He was 81 years old.

The Black Power mandate was that we were going to build our own institutions.

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