Baba Brinkman is an award winning Canadian rap artist and playwright based in New York city. To date Baba has written or co-written five hip-hop theatre shows, including The Canterbury Tales Remixed, The Rap Guide to Evolution, and Ingenious Nature. He won three awards and entertained thousands while performing six full seasons at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The Rap Guide to Evolution won the prestigious Scotsman Fringe First Award in Edinburgh in 2009, and went on to tour the USA, Australia, and the UK, including three appearances at regional TED conferences and a performance on national TV on The Rachel Maddow Show. The show was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance for its extended off-Broadway run at the Soho Playhouse. Baba is a recent recipient of the NCSE's "Friend of Darwin Award" for his efforts to improve the public understanding of evolution.