How Hip-Hop Can Bring Shakespeare to Life

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Shakespeare was viewed by Elizabethans the way hip-hop is viewed today by middle-class Americans or British: “It was considered a little bit risky, a little bit naughty and dangerous,” says MOBO Award-winning U.K. rapper and founder of The Hip-Hop Shakespeare Company, Akala.

How Hip-Hop Can Bring Shakespeare to Life

Performing Shakespeare through the lens of hip hop and youth culture is helping the bard's words and messages find relevance among students.

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