Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Poetry is the backbone of our language, culture, and heritage,” says rapper and poet Omar Offendum. Born in Saudi Arabia to ...

Not all hip-hop is meant to be poetic. But aficionados argue the genre is best when partnered with poetics — layered rhyme, alternating meter — using complexly concise lines. Mad Skillz gets that. The ...

Throughout April, we're honoring the ancient Arab tradition of hakawatis, or storytellers, highlighting the writers, performers, and poets who are driving the conversation around what it means to be ...