Today my question is, is hip-hop and poetry the same or should I just let one of them go? What are your thoughts?

It's not that hip-hop is poetry. Everything that black people do has melody and rhyme and linking and connection to it. It's just how we rock, especially in speech, ergo, poetry to other people's ears.

delivering the same message in different ways, in different pieces. I think that when people...

in different categories, it limits it. Because I love rap. I think it is some of the most amazing poetry that there ever was.

because it is labeled as rap. A lot of people don't even try to embrace the message behind it. To me, rap is passionate poetry. It is...

It is the way that the artist performing has chosen to give you that art. And your interpretation of it is the beautiful part of it.

presents a piece. It's that person's expression. So I guess rap and hip hop are both expressions to me. Hip hop has a different...

It has a different beat to it. It has a different category to it. But to me, it and rap are one in the same. Someone who scopes. Someone who just plays music minus the words.

I think when we try to categorize things in general is when we muddy the waters instead of just allowing a person to experience.

label without category without restriction. I mean just just to have the experience. So I guess my answer to this is I think they are.

I think to let go of either part would be a great travesty.