Reggie Legend

Reggie Kee (d.b.a. Reggie Legend) is the author of over 18000 poems and haiku. Reggie has had his work featured on several online websites and forums for the latter part of a decade.

Seeking to increase his platform as a motivational speaker and workshop facilitator, Reggie began writing social commentary known as poetitorials: a combination of poems and editorials. These writings have gone on to spark dialogue in forums ranging from sites such as allhiphop.com to collegiate student newspapers and composition courses at Columbia College Chicago.

He is the author of three self-published books: Steel Waters VOLUME I: DUPLicate AuthentICITY, Defacing the Music: What Slips into the Grooves Once God Gets Removed and Common Genius, Uncommon Destiny. He has also helped six other authors self-publish seven books (other than his children).

As a youth advocate, Reggie tours local school districts motivating a variety of students with material geared towards specific needs. Reggie offers direction to students in college-preparatory classes based on his own experiences as both a student and financial aid advisor through a series of workshops. The content of his newest book enhances said workshops by exploring the status of the word “genius” as an accessible commodity which exists in all of us through the formula:

GENIUS = PASSION + TALENT + PURPOSE

For young men who find it difficult to gain traction in school at the elementary and middle school level, Reggie created the Fox Valley Kings program to instill purpose and a sense of ownership in the one resource that makes us all rich: words.

With the motto “Crowning Achievement One KING at a Time,” the students learn that they can influence their environment and determine how well they rule as kings by how well they manage the richness found in the power of words.

Reggie married his wife, Minister Quiana Kee, in 2004 and is the father of two children who also have three self-published books between the two of them! He and his wife are the co-founders of Ink Well Spoken and Manu Forti Ministries; which serve as the marketplace and faith-based initiatives for motivational speaking, respectively.

Reggie studied at the University of Delaware; receiving a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering in 2000. He went on to earn a Master’s in Business Administration from Argosy University with a concentration in Leadership Management in 2006. Having spent over a decade of his career in the field of post-secondary education, he has honed his expertise and best practices in customer service to equip students and families with sound college preparatory skills and the ability to identify resources and effective strategies for financial planning. Reggie and Quiana’s philosophy for Ink Well Spoken is:

“Empowering Your Purpose with the Power of Words” ™