RA Washington

R.A. "Rafiq" Washington is an El Paso native and moved to Cleveland in 1989. He has done an assortment of things in Cleveland including hosting poetry readings at the Cleveland Museum of Art, playing in an experimental rock band, and publishing books. He runs the grass-roots hip-hop label, Cleveland Tapes. Washington works at Guide to Kulchur with his spouse and best friend, Lyz Bly.