Rap isn’t just entertainment. It’s applied writing. Every strong verse uses voice, structure, evidence, and emotional control to persuade an audience in seconds. Rap is often treated as background ...

Explore how technology transformed rap writing, from digital tools and home studios to online collaboration and streaming, reshaping the creative process in the modern era. Rap music has always been ...

I dedicate this article to Mark Fisher, whose writing on themes that run close to S.T.A.R.V.E.’s heart serves as another intertextual source of power for the LP. In 2014, Fisher wrote: "The pandemic ...