Ursula Desire Rucker is an American spoken word recording artist. Rucker is known for a diverse repertoire, and for using techniques that catch her listeners' attention.
Rucker was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she was a graduate of Temple University’s journalism program."About Ursula Rucker", Vh1. Retrieved 2006-07-29, She is of African-American and Italian descent. Rucker had been writing poetry since adolescence but kept her writings to herself until she read poetry in 1994, at Philadelphia's... meer