Almost 10 years later and still one of my favorites.

Zuko is such a talented poet! XP I want his book now.

For more of Dante's poems and awesome performances~ Dante's KZfaq: /user/thedantebasco Where you can get his poems: dantespoetrylounge. com

the closest character to Dante by far has to be Jake Long

I first saw Dante on Moesha, and he was one of my childhood crushes. Man, I love this dude's voice!

Oh wow, you got to meet Mr. Basco! I absolutely love his voice work. He IS Zuko from Avatar. I had no idea he is such a fantastic poet as well. Thanks for sharing this!

The fire lord has spoken..

I don't even know how many times I've watched this now...

God, you can't help but love this man.

WOW, his voice NEVER changed after all these years since he played Rufio from Hook! Can't believe it's been 19 years since then.

Whenever he gets aggressive in his rhyming, all I can do is imagine flames flying out of his arms and mouth. xD Such an awesome dude.

Dang, this guy's voice is just... wow. The first one kinda reminded me of Zuko. I love his poetry, it lets you just get into what he's tryin to say, ya know?

i could close my eyes and just listen to his voice for hours

I got to hear one of his famous poems called "Little Negrito" live during his premiere at the Kabuki Theater in San Francisco. It was a promotional pre-screening of his film "The Debut" He is DEEP, that poem was some philosophical DEEP SHIT. This guys amazing, Gotta thank the Lord that with a guy this big in life, I got to meet him and have drinks with him, hes truly an amazing Soul. Now hes on CSI MIAMI this week, hes doing it BIG now, good for him. One of the FIRST Filipinos in hollywood.

omg thats the guy who plays off american jragon i love his voice

This makes me want to get back into writing again. Inspired.

Amazing.

@SirBeo Yepp, exactly. It sounds like something Zuko would say anyway, but since he was Zuko, it makes it even more so.

I love Dante Basco poetry

in love!

I LOVE HIS VOICE. He seems so down to earth and intelligent. And he's kinda pretty, too. XD

I love listening to his voice. :)

Was he reciting his poems from memory or was that impromptu?

Dante, Rufio! you're an excellent inspiration! buy his book!!! worth every cent! =D much love to you Dante!

i could listen to him talk all day :D

Much love to Dante he dose it all I wish hi the best

i close my eyes and i picture Zuko rapping. lmao

His words are so captivating to me lol. Couldn't stop listening. :) Bored me not one bit.

I can just imagine zuko saying this...I would so marry his voice

DEF ONE OF MY FAV POETS

ok people we get he was zuko and rufio and jake long. We seen it. He's dante basco and he can make good damn poetry

I used to watch Avatar JUST to hear Zuko's voice :) . . . LOVE HIS VOICE!!!!

why is his voice so addicting.

Yeah this is the one I LIKE

he has thew most recognizeable & cute boy voice i have EVER heard in only my 13 years of age. & he is a grown man, so you can tell his voice is amazing!! lol zuko/jake long ... SWEARING!!! ive been such a HUGE fan of avatar &&& american dragon:jake long or however the title goes.. im sad because it doesnt come on anymore!

@mahiganti this isnt rap. this is spoken word. this is poetry.

03:04 - This is amazing. I love this. It's SO deep.

Im in love.

I LOVE his voice!!!! XD

Prince Zuko + Jake Long It's sounds like Jake Longs Raps, and Zuko's rants. OMG I love his voice

@v3asapri ;_; I bought the book and like he said, the 2nd one isn't in the book. It's good though!

PRINCE ZUKO AND GENERAL IROH POEMS! Omg, he's voice is so FRICKING sexy!

my boy Ramos!!!! so cute!! sounds like he's rapping; he can dance to his own poem!

@poopybooyah yeah, cipes and dante basco attended the auckland armageddon expo 2009. they also went on a nz sightseeing trip... it's somewhere on cipes' twitter page

Yay Zuko and Jake Long in Person!!

I can see Dante Basco... He's a great poet and deserves to be seen as himself... Not his characters. BUT! ... You can get a good laugh out of it if you close your eyes and picture Zuko reciting these poems with the same attitude and body movements as Dante.

It's kinda weird to hear Prince Zuko doing poetry. But I ADORE his voice

He's really damn good! And so young looking! Dude's done so well for himself :)

Let the people choose it

"XD (You're now imagining Zuko performing poetry.)" Yes! When I heard his voice the first thing I thought was "ZUKO!!"

omg. he's awesome.

I didnt know Zuko was a poet! XD

he wrote a book. i gotta buy it!!

his voice is so HAWT!!!

red is the color of our blood and the color of our soul is indigo blue

Dante Basco has some mad skills. RUFI-OOO!! love him. LOL

im waiting for him to go "i need my honor back, bring me the avatar"

Wasn't expecting that language...wish he didn't feel he had to use those words but he seems like a really sweet person.

i always Think of Zuko when he talks.

I'm in love with him xD

he's got one of the hottest voices ever. i'm a HUGE avatar fan, and when i found out it was him who was zuko's voice, i freakin lost it, like, FUCKIN RUFIO IS ZUKO?!?!?!?!?!?!?! NO FUCKING WAY!!!!!!!!! but, now i love it!

Lol didn't know someone recorded this. I took an extended class break for this poetry read ahaha

He should be a rapper. He has the voice.

check out "hang loose" teaser.

hes also Jake from The American Dragon Jake Long ^.^

Amazing

This is so weird, i feel like i should be seeing an animated Zuko.

i think i like poetry now!

Dante Baco so Handsome ^_^ I remember him when i watched Hook when I was little and I LOVED "Rufio" though today i'm 18 i guess I'm still little lol...and then the first time i saw Avatar and Zuko spoke I scram "RUFIO".... I hope I'm not the only one that did that. 0_0

I hate how all the comments here are about his voice acting. He's a really fuckin good poet

@shago103 Dante's Poetry Lounge

Holy Shit 9 years ago

His voice would be so freaking perfect for Marshall Lee's...

It's both Zuko and the American Dragon.

yup thats zuko!!!!

PREACH BBY!

So, based off a few comments regarding Cake & Fiona, they wanted him to voice Marshal Lee? Now I'm not so worried. ^^

Zuko doing poetry...Dante is good too!

@IokuaPromos i can't belive i missed that one that was my favorite show about two years ago.great now he might dragon up on me.

@avatarfangirl11 also the voice of Jake Long in American Dragon: Jake Long :P

now that should have been on def poetry jam

DANTE(REAL NAME) ZUKO(AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER) RUFIO(HOOK) KENNY(FIREBREATHER) AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH I DON'T KNOW WHO I'M LISTENING TO HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!P.S.I JUST LOVE HIS VOICE

Dang, his voice hasn't changed since "Hook". "Lying, crying, spying, prying ultra-pig!"

XD Gah, I can only think of it as Zuko saying poetry now! Maybe if I think of Rufio.... that doesn't help much either. And I won't go into what that "Believe it" made me think of. XD I liked his second poem a lot though. Anyway, I'm jealous! He should come to UC Berkeley, all we get here is budget cuts. :(

@tonnyv29 uhh filipino not chinese. get yo facts straight! :P

he really is zuko

How did you get him to come to your school to do a poetry reading? How can I make that happen for my school?

am i the only one who knows him from take the lead instead of hook???

oh god.... and when i saw the movie Blood and Bone? LMFAO i cannot see Zuko cussing like that.

Does anyone know where I can find his book?

Does anyone know the name of the book?

damm his voice give's me super streng

It's ZUKO :O!

man he sound so different when he's not playing zuko's voice, i quess its his ghetto accent that makes it different.

He should be Zuko in the movie...!!!///_

03:04 my favorite version

sweet I live in Moorpark

when he says "i got the power" all i can think is roofio

He started talking...but...all I heard is "I'm hot...and attractive and beautiful....and my voice is utterly sexy"

SHIT, this guy's zuko. amazing