Basheer Jones is a young man with a unique story. His story is one of pain and relief; sadness and happiness; struggle and success. When he speaks people listen. Basheer Jones is an attractive personality, both engaging and inspiring. He's a born leader with a life story that gives him mass appeal. Born in Brooklyn, New York and later transplanted to Cleveland, OH: Basheer attended and graduated from Martin Luther King High School, where he became involved with B.R.I.C.K – Brother, Respect, Intelligence, Conduct and Knowledge. His life experiences have been the fuel behind his sincere words and his soul stirring delivery, as he speaks to the hearts of many through his poetry. Extracting hope from the shelters that he found himself living in as a child, and still choosing to speak of a brighter day to those in similar situations, has placed him in a class all his own.

He is rising up as a fiery and impassioned leader, and public speaker with a message of empowerment and change. Having been requested to be interviewed by Time Magazine and to open for leaders such as Barack Obama and Tavis Smiley, Basheer proves that he possesses something very special. Being in Cleveland, a swing state, Basheer hosted Barack Obama rallies and held one of the largest youth voter registration efforts in city history alongside influential people like Cornel West, Lebron James, Hill Harper, & Russell Simmons. Basheer lives up to the belief that we must be the change that we want to see.