Most people would never put Shakespeare and Kendrick Lamar in the same sentence. One composed sonnets for the Elizabethan ...

The rapper and poet Noname first rose to prominence in 2016 with her breakout album “Telefone,” which seemed to be bumping on every speaker that year. Her most recent album, “Sundial” (2023), further ...

Poetry is the structural rhetoric used to evoke emotional qualities. Rap is, at the etymological root, the chanting of rhymed lyrics in time to a beat. The literary facet of poetry has been around for ...

In the news this week: The Obamas have invited the rapper Common to the "Celebration of American Poetry" at the White House, to outraged accusations that Common is a "thug." How fair are these ...

Neville Makhubalo (21) is what you call a poet/MC. With most poet/MCs, their poetry is their rap. With Makhubalo, his poetry and his rap are two different things. He can easily talk about tits and ass ...

RACINE - Behind the music and the artistic word there is a message. And for many young people Friday afternoon at Memorial Hall, it was rooted in rap and poetry during a contest hosted in the city.