After his brother passed away, Oveous felt an urgency to write and, after getting fired from a comfortable full-time job in the Fashion District, he ran with the gravity of change and financed his own tour. In the last few years, he has drawn in large crowds, especially on college campuses all over the country and abroad. “People are drawn to the truth,” he says and so he works constantly to not only produce new work but to make sure his performances are always fresh and never the same.

To read the article in its entirety, pick up the Summer 2008 issue of Beyond Race Magazine.