Tags: Poetry

On: Saul Williams

What do you call a literary DJ? Simple: Saul Williams. You may know him as the socially-conscious poet who has starred in films such as the award-winning Slam. Or as that rapper-slash-singer who roped in the likes of Rick Rubin to produce his album, Amethyst Rock Star, but has most...
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On: Ewok

Does hip-hop hibernate when it’s National Arts Festival season? Helen Herimbi is still wondering after seeing one sweet hip-hop-based production as well as one that left her sour. There are five elements of hip-hop: Emceeing, DJ-ing, B-Boying, Graffiti and Knowledge Of Self. In Spitfire, Ian “Ewok” Robinson brilliantly epitomises them...
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