Shakespeare 400: Rap Battle – Kanye vs Shakespeare

Shakespeare and Kanye: wordsmiths 400 years apart.

Shakespeare and Kanye: wordsmiths 400 years apart.

 

Two icons living four centuries apart, both Kanye and Shakespeare could claim to be the voice of a generation. But which has had the biggest impact on you? Take our quiz to see if you know your sonnets from your songs, your Bard from your Yeezy beats. To play or not to play: that is the question.

Reporting Team: Alex Jackson, Ginger Jefferies, Emmanuella Kwenortey, Isabel Togoh

Read the other articles in the series here:

Shakespeare 400: ELL celebrates Shakespeare in London

Shakespeare 400: Where’s Willy?

Shakespeare 400: Shakespeare in numbers

Shakespeare 400: The Bard and the beard

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