RJ Walker is a performance poet and voice actor from Salt Lake City, Utah. RJ has performed at the National Poetry Slam numerous times, representing Salt Lake City and Sugar House Utah. At the Individual World Poetry Slam he was a showcased poet on the final stage and placed 6th overall at the 2017 Individual World Poetry Slam. RJ won the NPS Spirit of the Slam award for organizing the first Compliment Deathmatch event. The next year he placed 4th at the National Poetry Slam with the Salt City Unified team. He is the host and operator of The Greenhouse Effect Open Mic, SLC's longest running and most popular open mic style event. His poem, "Deceit & I," received viral reception on YouTube and Imgur, and was published in journals like A Plus, EMS1, and EMSWorld with over 500,000 cumulative views.