A decade ago, Kansas-born poet Nicholas Grooms was finding more acclaim as an active hip-hop artist who was unknowingly keeping poetry simmering on the backburner. With stints on the Vans Warped Tour, multiple viral videos and opening slots with artists such as Snow The Product, Inspectah Deck, Nappy Roots, Sadistik, Grieves and a four-year tenure of creating songs for the Kansas City Chiefs organization, it’s more than fair to say Grooms didn’t quite have poetry on his radar