About the artist
Jasmine Mans is an American poet and spoken-word artist known for blending performance poetry with themes of identity, race, sexuality, and Black womanhood. She rose to prominence through poetry slams and viral spoken-word videos, becoming a fixture on the college and festival poetry circuit before releasing written collections of her work. Though not primarily a musician, her cadence and lyrical density have drawn comparisons to rap and hip-hop, and her tags on Lyricser reflect that crossover appeal to Pop and Rap audiences.
Her best-known pieces, including «Dear Ex-Lover» and «Footnotes for Kanye», showcase her sharp, confrontational style and her willingness to address public figures and personal relationships with equal candor. Poems like «Nicki Minaj» and «Guns for Minars» reflect her habit of using pop culture as a lens for larger social commentary.
Mans has published poetry collections and continued to perform widely, building a reputation as one of the more distinctive voices in contemporary spoken word, where the boundary between poem and lyric is often deliberately blurred.