Books & Poetry

In this candid video, Pharrell Williams discusses the inspiration behind his new book project Places and Spaces I’ve Been, while we watch him attend his first book signing at Marc Jacobs’ BOOK MARC store in Los Angeles. [...]

The title track from her current tour with Queensbridge rap legend Nas, equally iconic Hip Hop Soulstress Lauryn Hill debuted “Black Rage” onstage this week, with a poetic recital of her new song for the cheering Dallas audience. Filmed from the crowd, watch Ms Hill recite the song below. [...]

M.I.A. has always been known not only for her musical abilities but for also being super creative, and has been one of very few people to push artistic boundaries with all her visuals whether it be with her clothing style or videos – so it comes as a no-brainer that she would put her thoughts [...]

This month sees the Hardcover release of Marvel Comics: The Untold Story, which takes a detailed look back at the company during the 1960’s, before all the movies, cartoons and other forms of franchising. Penned by Sean Howe, the book chronicles a key period in Marvel’s history which saw the struggling company flourish into the [...]

Book Slam returns to the Tabernacle in West London this Thursday (September 27th). Dubbed as ‘London’s best literary club night’, Book Slam has in recent years invited over 300 talents to the night with the likes of Adele, Kate Nash, Akala, Caitlin Moran, Giles Peterson, Inua Ellams and Jamie Woon among the number. This month [...]

Nitty Scott, MC isn’t just an MC, she’s also a poet. In this video, from a new diary series recorded in preparation for the iTunes release of her Boombox Diaries Vol. 1 EP, she celebrates turning 21 with a unique coming-of-age verse. [...]

Wyclef Jean stops by BET’s 106 & Park to discuss his new autobiographical book, Purpose: An Immigrant’s Story. [...]

Twenty-one-year-old spoken word artist George the Poet provides an amazing delivery with his take on Frank Ocean‘s “Pink Matter.” [...]

It was only a few weeks ago that we were telling you about the release of acclaimed poet Dean Atta‘s free EP Love or Money. He received a lot of love for his poetry EP, including a review by MTV, and now it looks like he’s got the money aspect sorted too! [...]

Award-winning poet and acclaimed writer Dean Atta released his new poetry EP Love or Money about a week ago and has already been mentioned by several media sources, including a review by MTV. With all this attention, it’d be easy to forget that this is a poetry EP and not a chart-selling music compilation. [...]