Otis Mensah

Otis Mensah is an alternative hip-hop and spoken word artist, and Poet Laureate of Sheffield, UK.[1]

Career

Mensah has described his work as a means of challenging dominant models of masculinity, which he claims suppress the discussion of emotions, with negative consequences for mental health.[2]

As a hip-hop artist, Mensah has performed at the BBC Music Introducing Stage at Glastonbury Festival.[3] His lyrics combine playful imagery and unconventional symbolism, often accompanied by boom bap instrumentals.[4][5]

In November 2018, Magid Magid, the Lord Mayor of Sheffield, appointed Mensah as Poet Laureate of Sheffield.[1][6] Mensah stated that he wishes to use the position to "break down barriers" and change "elitism attached to poetry." [2]

Discography
  • Days Over Damson EP (2015)
  • Blancmange Lounge Sessions (2017)
  • Mum's House, Philosopher EP (2018)

References
  1. "Hip-hop artist Otis Mensah to be Sheffield's first poet laureate", BBC News, 2 October 2018
  2. "Sheffield's first hip-hop poet laureate: 'gone are the days of tradition'", The Guardian, 23 November 2018
  3. "Otis Mensah at Glastonbury 2017", BBC Music Introducing, 23 June 2017
  4. "Otis Mensah", The Academy of Contemporary Music
  5. "Otis Mensah", No Bounds Festival
  6. "Hip-hop artist to become Sheffield's first poet laureate", The Star, 3 October 2018
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