The Power of the Beat
Poetry and Hip Hop

An Arts Council England funded Educational & Community Project

Hip Hop & Poetry

Phase 1 2020 - 2022    Phase 2 - 2025

Hip Hop is the name given to Rap music and poetry, fashion, street art and politics that originated in the suburbs of New York

It is the most profound cultural and social movement of the last 50 years with its roots extending back centuries. At its core is 'Rap' poetry spoken over a music track. 

 

Rap, built around rhythm and rhyme uses the same metre as the poetry of Shakespeare known as 'Iambic Pentameter'

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