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Hip-hop version of 'Othello' resonates behind bars
Aug 30th 2013, 16:22

In this Aug. 27, 2013, photo, rapper GQ, aka Gregory Qaiyum, performs during a hip hop adaptation of William Shakespeare's Othello, titled "Othello: The Remix" at the Cook County Jail in Chicago. "Shakespeare was a master storyteller who used musical language and poetry," GQ says, and the same is true of the best rappers. "So at the very basic level they're doing the exact same thing. ... You're using poetic devices like alliteration and repetition and onomatopoeia. ... They're very similar art forms despite how different they tend to be judged." (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)CHICAGO (AP) — Act I, Scene 1: Four actors in well-worn coveralls and baseball caps take the stage at the county jail. They're here to tell a tale of love, friendship, jealousy and betrayal. It's the stuff of Shakespearean tragedy. The names and themes haven't changed over the centuries, but the language has a modern beat:


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