Kyle Tran Myhre (born January 23, 1983), better known by his stage name Guante, is an American hip hop recording artist, national slam poet champion (2008-2009), activist and educator based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

[3][4][5] As a hip hop artist, he has collaborated with Minneapolis locals Haley Bonar, Kristoff Krane and No Bird Sing, and is a member of the group Sifu Hotman with the rapper Dem Atlas and the producer Rube.

For people who may not know, "spoken-word" is kind of an umbrella term for performance poetry—it incorporates elements of poetry, theater, storytelling and other forms."

[7] Tran Myhre spends time teaching writing workshops and poetry seminars to young people with an emphasis on community.

I can play shows and sell CDs as Guante, but COMPAS facilitates my sharing my work with thousands of young people whom I would never have met otherwise.

Learning about spoken-word is never just about writing poems; it's about critical thinking, leadership, civic engagement, identity formation, having an expressive outlet, and a million other things.