The short answer is “no,” of course. To state the obvious, things can share certain attributes and not be the same sort of thing, and asking whether rap is poetry has always struck me as a useless ...

It seems ever since Odd Future started to blow up in 2010, every person who feels the need to share their opinion on rap music has all of a sudden felt it pertinent to mention that they’ve “been down, ...

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 ...

Louise said: "My research found that over 70% of the time artists used half-rhyme, such as 'hop-rock,'rather than traditional rhymes like 'cat-mat.' These imperfect rap rhymes are not something that ...

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 ...

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Digital tools and platforms are driving young, hip readers and writers of poetry in ever increasing numbers to practice and appreciate the ancient art. Here's a round up of four to watch. The ...

One hears a certain baleful cry regularly in writerly circles that Americans don’t care about poetry anymore. A widely read Atlantic piece by Dana Gioia in 1992 was a signature statement. Granted, ...

Rap and poetry have long been intertwined. Here, a handful of writers share some of the tracks that have helped them hone their own craft. The band The Roots at the House of Blues in Chicago, Ill., ...