Bryonn Bain

Biography

Bryonn Bain is an American poet, actor, prison activist, scholar, author, hip-hop artist and professor of African American Studies and World Arts & Cultures in the School of the Arts and the School of Law at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). His one-man show, Lyrics From Lockdown, won "Best Solo Performance" from the LA Weekly and NAACP. Executive-produced by Harry Belafonte,, later Ron Simons, Rob Reiner, and Gina Belafonte, among others, the show tells stories of wrongful incarceration—including Bain's and his close friend Nanon Williams'—through spoken-word poetry, hip-hop theater, calypso, comedy and classical music. Its latest iteration was performed at the Academy Museum in 2025.

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