Jamie DeWolf

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Jamie DeWolf

Birth name Jamie Kennedy
Born 1979
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Nationality American
Field slam poet, spoken word comedian
Works poem, "Judas Son"
Awards 2003 San Francisco Bay Guardian "Best of the Bay" award
Grand Slam Winner
National Poetry Slam
This article is about the poet. For the actor, see Jamie Kennedy. For the chef, see Jamie Kennedy (chef).

Jamie DeWolf (1979 - ) is an American slam poet and spoken word comedian. He began performing in 1997[1]. He is best known for his work with the slam poetry trio, The Suicide Kings. DeWolf appeared on HBO’s Def Poetry[2]. He has helped tutor drama students at the Youth Empowerment School, a high school in East Oakland, California[2]. DeWolf founded and hosts the monthly vaudeville poetry show, Tourettes Without Regrets[3]. DeWolf has characterized this show as "Sex, drugs and spoken word."[3] Formerly Jamie Kennedy, DeWolf took his mother's maiden name in 2006 to avoid confusion with actor Jamie Kennedy[4].

DeWolf is the great-grandson of L. Ron Hubbard.[1][5][6] DeWolf told the San Francisco Chronicle in 2001 that his mother and girlfriend were visited by Scientology agents, who asked about his comments on Scientology in his poetry and his appearance at a November 2000 benefit for the Lisa McPherson Trust in Clearwater, Florida[5]. The poetry piece was titled: "Judas' Son"[1]. Initially, the Scientology agents told DeWolf's mother that they were fellow poets, but DeWolf later remarked: "My mom knew from the moment they started talking that they were Scientologists, which they admitted to."[1] DeWolf was quoted as saying: "They can't shut me up."[5] Of his own views on Scientology and his great-grandfather, DeWolf remarked in the East Bay Express: "Scientology is the most brilliantly engineered pyramid scam I've ever seen. L. Ron Hubbard -- you can never say that he was an idiot, by any means. He was very intelligent, very sort of evil, malicious; a sort of overman, his will against the world."[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e Roden, Gregory. "L. Ron's hellspawn: Jamie Kennedy", East Bay Express, January 2, 2002. 
    Jamie Kennedy, slam poet, writer, and self-described "asshole," is the great-grandson of L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of the Church of Scientology. Not that the Scientologists want you to know that.
  2. ^ a b Maharaj, Zoneil. "STAND AND DELIVER : Slam poet Jamie DeWolf’s high school drama class is more hyphy madhouse than classical playhouse. And the kids learn more from it.", Oh Dang!, March 29, 2007. (English) 
  3. ^ a b Huang, Keith. "Jelly D Takes It", Gelf Magazine, Gelf Magazine 2007, January 10, 2006. 
  4. ^ Harmanci, Reyhan. "SLAMMIN' IT TO YA - 'Clash of the Titans' - Show condenses weekly hit Tourettes Without Regret to grenade strength", San Francisco Chronicle, Hearst Communications Inc., July 20, 2006. 
  5. ^ a b c Lattin, Don. "Scientology Founder's Family Life Far From What He Preached", San Francisco Chronicle, February 12, 2001, pp. A 13. 
    One Hubbard ancestor who could be tracked down was Jamie Kennedy, the grandson of Ronald DeWolf, making Kennedy Hubbard's great-grandson. Kennedy, 23, lives in Vallejo and is a nationally recognized slam poet. He said his mother and ex-girlfriend have been visited by Scientology agents asking about his references to Scientology in his poems and his decision to appear at an anti-Scientology benefit last November.
  6. ^ Official MySpace promotional page, Jamie DeWolf, retrieved February 6, 2007.
    Jamie's great grandfather on his mother's side is the infamous L. Ron Hubbard, sci fi author and the creator of the cult of Scientology, who passed down his red hair and knack for inspiring mass insanity. DeWolf's critical poem about his genetic legacy titled 'Judas Son' led to fierce battles with the cult and resulted in DeWolf becoming the Master of Ceremonies at the first ever anti-Scientology benefit concert in Clearwater, Florida in 2000.

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