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 ...

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 -- ...

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. One slipped through the locked gate of a power station that controlled all ...

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 ...