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 ...

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 ...

"In Eminem's track 'Rap God' which is from his latest, now Grammy award-winning, album, he boasts of his rhyme skill saying: 'But for me to rap like a computer must be in my genes' which proves the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Noname wears Julia Heuer top and skirt, Tory Burch shoes, Laura Estrada earrings, Jenny Bird ring and bracelet. The rapper and ...

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 ...

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, ...

I’ll admit that I’m only familiar with Rap Genius because of comedian Hannibal Buress’ hilarious “Gibberish Rap“ and the equally humorous breakdown of the lyrics he gave on the site. I’ll also admit ...

April is National Poetry Month, and there is cause for celebration. Not just of poetry itself but also of the fact that, as parents, teachers, publishers and kids know, the pleasure of poetry is a ...

If rap lyrics like “Real G’s move in silence like lasagna” stump you, check out Rap Genius. The crowdsourced hip-hop lyrics explanation site will inform you that Lil Wayne is describing how skilled ...

The American rapper Ice-T recently performed a 1961 Langston Hughes poem, “Ask Your Mama”, in a London concert hall. This might seem like a very odd recipe: a Californian rapper, at an international ...