Paul "Sage" Francis (born November 15th, 1976 in Miami, Florida) is a hip-hop artist based in Providence, Rhode Island. Sage Francis' style blends a varying tone and delivery with subject matter that focuses on intricate sequences of widely varying imagery, metaphors, the occasional pun, absurdism, and pop culture references, while including touchstones of traditional hip hop such as storytelling and self-promotion.

Paul “Sage” Francis (born ca. 1977 in Miami , Florida ) is a hip-hop artist based in Providence , Rhode Island . He is a vegetarian and also chooses to abstain from drugs and drinking, though doesn’t label himself as “straight-edge” because he believes “you should not define yourself by what you don’t do”. Noted for his intense flow and sharp wit, Francis has won acclaim both as a freestyle battler and as an unapologetically intellectual lyricist. Francis uses a broad emotional p