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 ...

It was an April day in 1995. Two boys, each 5, were playing tag with a group of kids near C-Town Supermarket in Fair Haven.

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 ...

Now almost 40 years old, rap burst out of the Bronx to become one of the dominant musical and cultural forces in this country. A new book, The Anthology of Rap, tracks the development of the genre -- ...

Syrian American rapper and spoken word artist Omar Offendum explored the intersection of culture and art with Northwestern students Tuesday night at an event hosted by the Middle East and North ...

If he hadn’t learned to rap — quite the “if,” considering he was a white, midwestern teenager at the time — we might not be talking about him decades later. As it turned out, rap changed his life.

Jay-Z has said that his new memoir Decoded will allow casual listeners of the genre to experience the "poetry" of hip-hop. The rapper - who will release the autobiography and lyrics booklet later this ...

AS a Harlesden teenager George Mpanga, aka George The Poet, was part of the London grime scene – but underwent an epiphany early on. “During my time as a rap artist I felt like I was being put in a ...

For Turk N16, rapping is very much about telling one’s truth through poetry. If that means saying something provocative, that’s okay. No topic is too out there when it comes to writing songs about it.

This is an exciting new challenge for 5th and 6th class primary school students! UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and Schools of Sanctuary* are inviting students to write a short poem, or rap, to ...