11-09-2013, 08:10 AM
Can rappers be poets? Well, that depends.-- Do they write poetry? Is rap poetry? No. It's a performance art. Poetry is words on a page. Some rap may work as a poem, but not necessarily any better than lyrics from any other genre IMO.
Slam poetry is something entirely different, and may be pretty closely related to rap, in some ways, but that's a different animal.
Slam poetry is something entirely different, and may be pretty closely related to rap, in some ways, but that's a different animal.