Poetry helped R&B singer Jessie Reyez find her voice. Her latest book shares it with the world

By ITZEL LUNA Long before Jessie Reyez was celebrated for her voice, poetry was the Toronto-bred musician’s “first love.” The ...

Hampton Roads brothers, rap duo Clipse, coming home for two Virginia Beach holiday shows

Beach brothers famous for trading poetic hip-hop lines about gritty mindsets and rough-and-tumble streets will be home for the holidays. Rap duo Clipse, Gene and Terrence Thornton, aka Malice and ...
Westword

On rap and poetry: An essay plus Venn diagram

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 ...
Chicago Reader

Hip-hop prodigy Kaicrewsade puts community first

City of Win is a series curated by Isiah “ThoughtPoet” Veney and written by Joshua Eferighe that uses prose and photography to create portraits of Chicago musicians and cultural innovators working to ...
Houston Press

H-Town’s Rappers and Poets Battle Wits in Verses vs. Verses Hip-Hop Dance Party

It was an epic battle this weekend, only this time the the word wars were between Houston’s top spoken-word poets and rappers. Verses Vs. Verses went down at 215 Grove Street on July 1, with the party ...
WOOD-TV

Bold, Unmatched, and Poetic Face of Rap and Hip Hop- Leintz Releases Powerful New Single “Whoa! Ft. Fred the Godson”

A versatile and exceptional singer-songwriter, Leintz continues his remarkable journey in music with an anthemic and hit new track AURORA, COLORADO, UNITED STATES ...