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Shakespeare: How do I compare thee to hip-hop? by Andrew Emery

Mobo award-winning rapper Akala is running a series of workshops for teenagers on the links between Shakespeare and hip-hopIn a community hall in Hoxton, London, a small piece of alchemy is taking place. A group of teenagers who only minutes before were fidgeting with their mobile phones, are up on stage reciting one of Shakespeare's best known sonnets in rap. It's on a damp spring morning that they're comparing thee…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 4:24pm on November 11, 2016

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