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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“The true promise of the site is to take it beyond hip-hop, beyond music, and analyze, break down, and show the context behind the text for every form of text,” co-founder Tom Lehman told The Verge.

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 ...

Is rap music a form of lyric poetry? A new anthology, published by Yale University Press, makes the case. Jeffrey Brown reports. And finally tonight: from our political wrap to rap, the music, and ...

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, ...

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 ...

ON a recent Sunday, six pupils from Fondren and Welch middle schools demonstrated through poetry, rap and spoken word what they had learned through "Turn Hate into Hope," a four-week program hosted by ...