Akala - Making it cool to be clever - Oxford Brookes magazine But its the consistency, I think. Shakespeare was a masterly adapter, and his work is largely based on borrowing and interpretation. But Im gonna say no, again. I mean and a lot of even some of the Shakespeares most famous stuff, the opening of Romeo and Juliet, you know, two households both alike in dignity, that is iambic. - continued, whOS WAtChIng tHIs BeCaUSe oF SchOOl yeah ok but who got the answers, @Little_Dino_OwO Oml thank you, I really needed this. AKALA: No, I dont think that has the same ring to it. But mainly its to challenge peoples perceptions. You listen to Chinese music and be like, I cant tell it apart. We should teach Shakespeare because it could teach our future generation ways into how these texts, visuals, and themes, can connect to our life experiences or tragedies. BARBARA: And the other interesting thing when you consider what youre saying and drawing this line from way back into the past is that anyone, even if you dont know any of this history, you can hear hip-hop and you can immediately like get it or like it. For that reason, people get offended. AKALA: Yeah, I mean the politics of class, really, in the UK, even in a lot of Britains former colonies, actually, theres less of an intimidation, ironically, towards Shakespeare than in the UK itself, where if youre in India, for example, you know, a society where they have their own three millennia long tradition of, you know, literary history, people I worked with in India, I even children from tougher backgrounds were just like, Shakespeares yeah, hes another writer. So it depends on the audience. Wrens can't make prey where eagles don't perch. You have just written some Shakespearean hip hop!!!. Although one might argue that all of his works should be included on this list due to his enormous literary . You know, Ovid, Pluto, the Bible. Garland Scott is the associate producer. Thank you!!!! Wow love that! Maybe its food for the spirit. Wait, is that Shakespeare? William Shakespeare is regarded by many as the greatest playwright of all time and the most important author in the development of the English language. Akala is a man of wisdom after analyzing so many poems/rap lyrics. When asked if teachers can use hip-hop to connect students to Shakespeare, she said, "Students can use . Akala also talked about howhip hop is commonly misunderstood and criticized because people dont understand it. So I felt it would be radical to take this symbol of elitism and say no, thats not what he was in his time and he is still relevant today.. And with the music and the beats and the rapping, it makes an old subject brand new." He's also made a convert out of this . So, if someone, you know, if youre an artist who wants to write a verse that you can go into a cipher with and be confident that whatever beat that the DJ puts on you can flow with it, the pentameter is a great rhythm to do that.