Radio de Saul Williams

The youngest of three children, Williams was born in Newburgh, New York. After graduating from Morehouse College with a B.A. in acting and philosophy, Williams moved to New York City to earn a Master's Degree at New York University in acting. There, he found himself at the center of the New York cafe poetry scene. Williams and artist Marcia Jones began their relationship in 1995 as collaborative artists on the Brooklyn performance art and spoken word circuit. Their daughter, Saturn, was born in 1996[1]. His collection of poems S/HE is a series of reflections on the demise of the relationship[2]. [Marcia][3], a visual artist and art professor created the cover artwork for The Seventh Octave, images though-out S/HE in response to Williams, and set designed his 2001 album Amethyst Rock Star. Saturn has recently been performing with her father on his 2008 concert tour[3] [4]. On his birthday, February 29th, 2008, Williams married his girlfriend of five years, the actress Persia White. Williams met White in 2003 when he made a guest appearance on the TV show Girlfriends as a poet named Sivad. White has a daughter named Mecca (1993)[5][6]. On January 17, 2009, White announced via her MySpace blog that she and Williams were no longer together.[7]