It might not have seemed like it at the time, but all those schoolyard rhymes you memorized as a kid were poems in disguise.

“And then at a period of time, I wanted to be — my goal, my overall goal — I want to be the Drake of poetry. That was my goal. I didn't want to rap because ... there was no rhyme or reason ...

The portrayal of rap lyrics as literal expressions of criminal intent ignores the longstanding tradition of adopting personas ...

A framed poster of a stamp depicting Langston Hughes, who wrote some of the best poems in American ... [+] history. Poetry provides the perfect way to indulge in the escapism of reading without ...

He’s lived all over the world, a circumstance that expresses in the range of his rap references. Gabe ‘Nandez Pablo Isaak Perez At-times, his rhymes can feel like stream of consciousness ...

It’s a tough nut to crack. But, it’s a challenge we relish. So, to round off Black Music Month, we decided to attempt the ...

Investors can glean several insights from understanding baby boomers’ favorite rap and hip-hop artists. Understanding ...

The gang will be performing the hit track LIVE at Rock the Block TODAY. It all started with Rhyme Island, a youth rap initiative for Cruinniú na nÓg 2024 powered by GMCBeats and the Kabin Studio ...

“Poetry has gotten a lot more varied than it used to be. Poets are more diverse,” he said. “Some people think of rap as a ...

Rapping and Rhyming: A Longstanding ... of verbal sparring), and spoken word poetry, all of which laid the groundwork for what would eventually become rap music. During the late 1960s and early ...

Nursery rhymes, especially, have become central; in the 2020 collection Orchard, featur­ing 25 poems each named after a different fruit, “Here we go round the mulberry bush” gets quarried and ...