Fourth Dimension: Free Spirited Spoken Word in Written Form

Growing up on the south side of Chicago, Marcus “Thareal Kidd” Cureton chose the wrong crowds to hang with. Selling drugs to keep up with the “in-crowd,” he knew that it wouldn’t last long; but he continued to live that type of lifestyle because it was normal where he came from. When he was only nine, Marcus found his gift and passion for writing and making his own comic books to entertain his friends.

He also embraced poetry as a way to express himself freely. At the age of eighteen, afte...