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Their name,
M.U.G.A.B.E.E., is an acronym meaning Men Under Guidance Acting
Before Early Extinction, it describes two brothers guided to be
musicians, singers, songwriters, producers, playwrights, poets
and teachers, seeing themselves as artists, vessels for the
word, allowing it to move through them in various forms of hip
hop, jazz, spoken word, rhythm and blues, and soul.
Born Maurice S.
Turner II and Carlton A. Turner, M.U.G.A.B.E.E. slipped into
this life in Mt. Vernon, New York in the early seventies.
Several years
later they relocated to rural Mississippi where they began a
career in service to the communities in which they live. Since
2001 M.U.G.A.B.E.E. has been working in communities across the
country in the form of residencies, workshops, performances and
lectures. M.U.G.A.B.E.E. works with youth groups, adult
learners, community centers, churches, schools and universities.
One of their
greatest assets is their willingness to learn, grow, and evolve
as artists, but truly their greatest strength is their
understanding that art is used to empower and uplift all people,
assisting the evolution of human beings by providing thought
provoking cultural engagements that spark dialogue on a wide
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