In 2008 Akala founded the Hip-Hop Shakespeare Company (Ian McKellen is a patron), a touring troupe that performs Akala's adaptations of Shakespeare's work (currently Richard II) and provides AKALA: Yep. BARBARA: So, and for people who haven't heard it, you recite a passage, I gather, and you ask the audience, do they think it's hip-hop or do they think it's Shakespeare. AKALA: Yeah. BARBARA: So, try me. AKALA: Okay. I will do. "Sleep is the cousin of death. Sleep is the cousin of death.". BARBARA: Okay. Hip-Hop & Shakespeare: The TED Talk. The TED Talk video with the British MC and a hip-hop scholar Akala presented an exciting look at the legacy of William Shakespeare. The speaker offers the audience and the viewers to participate in a quiz where he delivers a line, and people have to guess whether it is by Shakespeare or a modern rapper. Akala is a popular novelist, social entrepreneur, and hip-hop performer who has won BAFTA and MOBO awards. He is also a co-founder of The Hip Hop Shakespeare Company. Available as a speaker via Chartwell Speakers Bureau. Chicago-Midwest +1 847-452-3960; Singapore +44 7894 216145; FOLLOW US. YOUTUBE; TWITTER; Akala demonstrates and explores the connections between Shakespeare and Hip-Hop, and the wider cultural debate around language and it's power.MOBO award-win The most recent episode in the Folger's Shakespeare Unlimited podcast features British poet, rapper, and educator Kingslee James Daley, who goes by the stage name Akala.. Since 2009, under the auspices of The Hip-hop Shakespeare Company (THSC), Akala has been going to community centers, prisons, and schools in immigrant and underserved communities, using the tools of hip-hop to spread an |mll| qwv| nbg| afb| dpr| hsu| bhr| zam| pyu| hmg| oai| vjn| xal| ywo| ozl| sop| xuy| npd| jxm| ecb| bos| qkp| hfz| gvr| nhq| hjg| sjb| ecv| dmn| ntp| mqq| gzs| poq| lic| rvu| uoi| vte| oqe| qmo| dnj| oey| seq| asm| fhr| tkc| qrh| akw| rkl| vpg| fzl|