We all have heard at least one rap or hip hop song where they are talking about the usage of illegal drugs or even a murder of someone. But, have we ever stopped to think about how these rappers, hip hop artists, and the writers of these songs are admitting
Tag: poetry
Do Bank Robbery demand notes have literary merit, or just a detail in a criminal process? It could be argued that there are certain features and language that bank robbers use when penning these lines, creating its own genre in the process. Apparently, someone thought these demand notes made for
In March of 2015, an artist named Kenneth Goldsmith recited an autopsy report from the St. Louis County Office of the Medical Examiner. Read at Interrupt 3, a conference that “highlights text and/or/as image, art and/or/as language, with a particular investment in digitally mediated language art”, Goldsmith received mixed reception
Throughout the decades, artists have attempted to capture the allusive component of creativity and originality. Most institutions of education devote countless hours and resources to ensure students are thinking in a creative manner. However, American poet and founding editor of UbuWeb, Kenneth Goldsmith, would argue that the quest for originality
In extreme situations, freedom of speech can result in death; Palestinian poet Ashraf Fayadh is only the most recent example of this horrendous outcome. Over the past two years, Fayadh has been detained by the Saudi Arabian authorities several times. He was first arrested in August 2013 by the Saudi
Literature is filled with authors who used pseudonyms in an effort to get their work published. Often, members of minority factions have changed their names in order to seem more like the supposed mainstream ethnicity. So one can easily imagine a situation where an author, fearing that their name will
In March, 2015, Kenneth Goldsmith is still reciting his conceptual, uncreative poetry of rearranging pre-existing documents, but this time decides to rearrange Michael Brown’s autopsy report and title it “The Body of Michael Brown.” The reading during the conference Interrupt 3 at Brown University received few responses from the audience
How long should you wait after someone dies to mention their name? How long until it becomes acceptable to use their story, to exploit their experiences, whether you knew them or not? Is it acceptable to make someone’s death into your own art? Is it acceptable, is it art, to
Most people argue that rap music degenerates society and stereotypes black men, but in reality it is a form of art. Like this song and other forms of rap music, the purpose is to evoke a strong feeling from people. Rap is a different form of poetry. You express your