Rap Fiction

rapᐧficᐧtion

/'raP-ficᐧSHən/

noun

Prose stories written with intentional awareness of the aesthetics, innovations, vernacular, and rhythms of the phenomenon known as Rap. The subject matter treated in this subgenre is mostly set after the 1970s invention of Hip Hop.

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2. Storytelling that uses the unfiltered voice of the human experience with the performative fable of the trickster’s struggles to subvert power. Following in the tradition of Rap giving voice to the forgotten, many Rap Fiction writers use social media among other innovations in media to explore the connection between performance and storytelling.