Best of Button Week 411

“Let them hear our music. Let them know: we are here. We will not be quiet”

Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s addition: Usman Hameedi! Congrats Poet!

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, or check out our newest release from Junious ‘Jay’ Ward!

Javon Johnson – “Baby Brother” (250K Views!)

“We teach boys that in order to become men they have to kill off their emotional selves.”

Congratulations to Javon Johnson for topping 250,000 views on this incredible poem! Watch more from Javon here and here.

Get Javon’s amazing book, Ain’t Never Not Been Black.

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, or check out our newest release from Junious ‘Jay’ Ward!

Best of Button Week 405

“She who will not submit. She who will not be silent or tolerant, shame, shield, or sheet. She who took all her fruit and fuck yo garden.”

Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s addition: Ebony Stewart! Congrats Poet!

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, or check out our newest release from Robert Wood Lynn!

Dominique Christina – “Karma” (250K Views!)

“We become poets in an attempt to tether words to righteousness, our notebooks to social consciousness”

Congratulations to Dominique Christina for topping 250,000 views on this phenomenal poem! Watch more from Dominique here and here.

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, or check out our newest release from Robert Wood Lynn!

Best of Button Week 404

“My grandmother’s mind was a ballroom. Inside were her memories, each one dressed for a celebration.”

Don’t miss this week’s Best of Button playlist, featuring the top-viewed recent videos on the Button YouTube Channel. Today’s addition: Phil Kaye! Congrats Poet!

While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, or check out our newest release from Robert Wood Lynn!