Son of the Midwest, hailing from Chicago and Peoria llinois,artist Real T@lk has no gimmicks, just pure passion for formulating bars that give birth to stanzas, which he transcribes into verses. At the age of seventeen Real T@lk forged a partnership with his pen and chartered his journey in prose. Deciding to try his hand in poetry, he quickly emerged as one of the hottest spoken word artists in the Midwest, doing shows while in school at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.