True rhymes are marvels; a slant rhyme’s a sin. Or is it vice versa? Let the battle begin. Adam Gopnik on Daniel Levin Becker’s “What’s Good: Notes on Rap and Language.” ...

The Creative Zone is a showcase of artwork, poetry, short stories and other creative work by elementary and middle school students. The following poems were written for the School Board’s 200… ...

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 ...

Hip hop, journalist and rhyme are all different concepts. But for Mumbai-based rapper, A-List a.k.a Ashwini Mishra, this combination is a way of bringing news s ...

1. "Freedom in America" by Joanna FuchsFreedom in AmericaIsn't really free;We often pay a priceTo keep our liberty.Remember those we loved,Who fought for us, and died;And those we never knewFor ...

You could barely escape poetry back in the day. Newspapers commissioned bits of doggerel to print between columns. The N.A.A.C.P.’s doughty house organ and beacon to Black America, “The Crisis ...

The Anthology of Rap sets out to capture the evolution of rap lyrics through what its editors consider representative examples, collecting the work of a wide variety of MCs who recorded from 1979 ...

A special branch of the department’s Intelligence Division called the Enterprise Operations Unit, also known as the Rap Unit, has been secretly keeping tabs on rappers.

In a regional game, rap’s Southern contingent has come to dominate its counterparts in New York and L.A. By Joan Morgan When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn ...