Tumi the Be Melbourne Tumi the Be is a Motswana poet and rapper who began his creative journey as a teenager, after seeing his first rap cipher. Captivated by the sound syncopated speech over a fat beat, he wrestled a pen to an empty page and turned churning thoughts into rhyming verse. Tumi’s style is a vibrant blend of old school rap and spoken word poetry, steeped in rich musical, spiritual and poetic tradition, Tumi shares abstract ideas, philosophical musings and real life experiences adding to his diverse appeal. Since moving to Melbourne in April 2014 his passion has taken him from hip hop open mic nights (Horse Bazaar, Whole Lotta Love, Killahertz), to poetry slams (Slammalamma Ding Dong, Voices in the Attic, Speak Up), and park ciphers where he has schooled and been schooled by Burn City’s finest. Tumi has been billed as one of Melbourne finest Freestylers Users who are followed by Tumi the Be Roy Brooks Roy Brooks Melbourne MISTREZ^EM Merita Ramani melbourne Noneohone Melbourne Rhath Ry Hamilton-Smith Melbourne smallmansyndrome Small Man Syndrome Music Melbourne Jess Fairfax Melbourne Azul Beats BeatStars.com Austin, TX budd nice melbourne Val York