Hip-hop is a culture.<br /><br />Question: Is hip-hop poetry? <br />Wyclef Jean: Hip Hop is the culture. Rap is part of Hip Hop -- spoken word, which is poetry, is part of Hip Hop, yes. I mean, the lyrics that I write are definitely poetry. It's -- you know, you sit and you look back at it and what it is is, it's self-expression, definitely.<br /><br />Question: Is hip-hop poetry? <br />Wyclef Jean: Hip Hop is the culture. Rap is part of Hip Hop -- spoken word, which is poetry, is part of Hip Hop, yes. I mean, the lyrics that I write are definitely poetry. It's -- you know, you sit and you look back at it and what it is is, it's self-expression, definitely.
