Juwon Simmons

Juwon Simmons is a Sweden-based music artist, writer and spoken-word poet. Born in Cameroon, he moved to Sweden in 2009 where he started working on music projects alongside friend and producer Quik-D while studying at the university, releasing tracks like “The Work” and “Make it better” which were instant favorites in the local underground community and received great favor from Kingsize Magazine, Sweden’s biggest urban music platform. He gained wider popularity with the single “Celebrate” which featured friends and co-artists Mehari and producer Dakey and went into rotation on Swedish radio P3. He was the 2014 Poetry slam Champion for Jönköping city, and proceeded to compete at the nationals with his team bringing home the bronze prize in 2014 and again bringing the silver prize in 2015. He has digitally released three albums since 2011 on all digital music outlets, the last one being “The Ring of Blue Fire” released in 2014 which received great media reviews, and has a new album coming up in 2017. He has performed on many stages, both national and international, as headliner, supporting act and opener.
With several musical influences picked up during his time growing up and traveling international student, his anecdotal /story-telling lyricism is influenced by the style of the griots of West Africa, writing in contemporary urban, and sometimes classic Victorian, fashion for effect and by the Hiphop styles of the Chicago and the Midwestern scene, strung to bases of Neo-soul, jazz, blues and modern experimental sounds.
His work focuses mainly on philosophies of life, society, the dynamics of social interaction and the human mind, Afrocentrism in relation to
the world, affirmation of gender equality, power and political and social issues, responsible freedom of action and expression and self reformation.