I get plenty of surprised looks when I tell fellow theater critics that I also write about hip-hop, but the line between actors and rappers is drawn with an extra-fine-point pen. For as much vitriol that's been heaped on rappers, they're really just in-love-with-words nerds who spent a lot of alone time as kids creating fantastical worlds and powerful alter egos for themselves. Sound familiar? Consider Tupac Shakur. …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:00PM on April 4, 2013