Dasan Ahanu has been a featured performer for many showcases and cultural events. In addition to performing, Dasan is often asked to also host many poetry, jazz, Hip Hop events, and arts festivals across NC. Having performed with a number of notable emcees, poets and writers who are from or have visited North Carolina, he has amazed audiences from the underground scene to the college circuit as well. He has also been a regular in popular venues in cities from St. Louis to Texas. As an actor, Dasan has also been a member of the cast of the Hip-Hopera, "Right is Right," and a Harlem Renaissance production, “Images”, which was featured at the National Black Theatre Festival. Finding a passion for slam poetry, Dasan has competed regionally and nationally as a member of the Charlotte Slam Team the first ever Bull City Slam Team in Durham, NC.  A lyricist with a thirst for being on stage, Dasan is truly an artist with “presence”

Since falling in love with the stage and mic, Dasan has also used his talents and connections within the arts circuit to aid in developing the community and pushing for change. He has worked as an organizer on such issues as war, social injustice, workers rights, domestic violence and sexual assault; taught with Duke University's Center for Documentary Studies; conducted creative writing and performance workshops for college and high school age artists; promoted Hip Hop as a tool for literacy with SCALE and it's campaign with the University of North Carolina; and spent time working with at-risk/court-involved youth. A 2004 recipient of the Indy Arts Award (Independent Weekly Magazine) for his activism and service to the community, he continues to be involved with cultural arts as a creative consultant and artist resident at the Hayti Heritage Center in Durham, NC and an artist-in-residence at St. Augustine's College.

Dasan has promoted his own series of shows and collaborates with other promoters to keep the scene alive. His work is featured often on NPR's “News and Notes with Ed Gordon” and in online and print publications. Having signed with NC indie Amp Truth Records (www.amptruth.com), he teamed with up and coming music producer Picasso to produce The Jim Crow Jackson Experiment. An amazing blend of spoken word, rap, soul, reggae, and blues, the album showcases both artists' unique talents. In the studio constantly pushing the envelope on Hip Hop, Dasan is cooking up something special with some of NCs finest artists and producers. The Poet hopes to show that there is room in Hip Hop for a spoken word lyricist who spits hot poetry over dope tracks!