The Creative Zone is a showcase of artwork, poetry, short stories and other creative work by elementary and middle school students. The following poems were written for the School Board’s 2001 ...

Sampling has been part of the genre since the beginning. The rapper Busta Rhymes names the songs that artists keep turning to. By Mitchell Kuga Roy Hammond, the lead singer of the Honey Drippers.

Though the two forms remain distinct, today’s rising stars in both genres are creating a shared literary ideal that gives voice to the Black and brown experience. By Adam Bradley THE ATLANTA-BASED ...