THREE-TIME EMMY AWARD WINNER Boris ‘Bluz” Rogers. The Charlotte, NC native is a SLAM MASTER and coach of the Slam Team CHARLOTTE and has lead them to National Poetry Slam titles in 2007 and 2008. He is ranked 13th in the WORLD in Poetry Slam. He is the author of the book ‘Articulate Slang’ and has three audio releases to date. Bluz is a host on Charlotte’s #1 radio station Power 98FM and his Spoken Word segment ‘Spoken Word Fridays’ boast 22.5 million listeners.