Does anyone remember this guy? He’s Maja, the local rapper, lyricist and anime-enthusiast who Benjamin Leatherman profiled back in 2007 because of his unique brand of hip-hop, which he called a ...
Jalone Shanti Montoy stood with his arms wide open, the palms of his hands gently surfing the crowd that piled up in front of the stage. For a moment, it looked as if the brazen MC of the local ...
From The Daily Beast, on the current popularity, or not, of poetry: "Rap is indeed 'real' poetry. It rhymes, often even internally. Its authors work hard on the lyrics. The subject matter is certainly ...