Do you think rap will ever be respected like other poetry?

[NoMoreWhiteWoman2020]

Like straight literature classes breaking down how the lyrics comment on social issues, comparable to the Harlem Renaissance?

also will literature even exist in the capacity it does today?

what y’all think?

 

[JuvenileHell]

Aren't Nas and Pac in the library of congress, and Nas' lyrics have been studied in harvard

 

[feelosofer]

Already happening breh

 

[filial_piety]

They have in that respect...there are books by actual scholarsand full accredited college classes on it

I’ll say though..that a lot of the poetic respect is for the rappers from 20-30 years ago...the babble today gets exactly the respect it deserves..which is none

 

[Kiyoshi-Dono]

Kendrick won a Pulitzer..
Bun B was teaching a class down here at Rice..
As much as I don’t fukk with him now..
Michael Dyson uses hip hop during his speeches and lessons..
Tons of dissection on Pac’s work as well..

 

[TEH]

Musically it will eventually get there but it’s going to take years maybe after our lifetimes it will be as respected as Jazz and it 100 years it will be as respected as Classical.

Lyrically, thematically and as a culture it will be respected much earlier. Run of the mill academics aren’t there yet with it but it will get there.

 

[DA_LURKA]

Rap >>>> poetry

 

[Illeye buckmatic]

NaS is already studied in some of the most prestigious universities And he performed Illmatic with a renowned 1st class orchestra

 

[Piff Perkins]

That's already happening. Nas, Common, Kendrick etc have been studied at various universities. But overall I don't think the classes will be respected within academia circles like the Harlem Renaissance and other periods were. It'll take time but we close could get there one day. Certain mediums aren't respected early. In literature for instance, Lord Of The Rings initially received mixed reviews because it was a fantasy novel. Despite the fact that Tolkien was a celebrated Oxford linguist, some academics turned their nose up at it. But of course today its regarded as a great literary achievement.