George Watsky

George Virden Watsky is an American rapper, author, and poet from San Francisco, California. Watsky performs slam poetry, and was featured on Seasonof Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry on HBO. Watskys talents began to receive national and international acclaim in 2006 when he was the Youth Speaks Grand Slam Poetry Champion, and was also named Brave New Voices International Poetry Slam Champion.

Watsky was born in San Francisco, California, to Clare and Paul Watsky. George has a twin brother, Simon, who is a helicopter pilot. He has described himself as half Jewish . Watsky attended San Francisco University High School and then attended Emerson College in Boston.

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