Hip Hop or Shakespeare?

What's here, the portrait of a blinking idiot?

• Hip Hop

• Shakespeare

Answer explanation

Fan Fact: Shakespeare coined the term 'blinking idiot'.

The Merchant of Venice, Act 2 Scene 9

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Neither a borrower nor a lender be.

• Hip Hop

• Shakespeare

Answer explanation

William was always chasin' dat paper.

Hamlet, Act 1 Scene 3

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

A sword sliced the air.

• Hip Hop

• Shakespeare

Answer explanation

OFWGKTA: Playing with sharp implements since 2007.

Tyler, the Creator, from 'She'

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

Look around this manor and all you will see is ill-mannered people.

• Hip Hop

• Shakespeare

Answer explanation

Fun fact: Plan B used 'manor' as an ironic name for British council estates.

Plan B, from 'Lost My Way'

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

I didn't cry, because my anger wouldn't let me feel for a stranger.

• Hip Hop

• Shakespeare

Answer explanation

2pac or not to 2pac, That is the question.

2pac from 'Dear Mama'

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

My words fly up, my thoughts remain below.

• Hip Hop

• Shakespeare

Answer explanation

Hamlet had difficulties with his flow.

Hamlet Act 3 Scene 3

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

I wonder why we take from our women?

• Hip Hop

• Shakespeare

Answer explanation

Shakur-speare?

2 Pac, from 'Keep Ya Head Up'

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

May the Lord protect me as the world gets hectic.

• Hip Hop

• Shakespeare

Answer explanation

Nicki Minaj, from 'Autobiography'

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

Count myself a king of infinite space.

• Hip Hop

• Shakespeare

Answer explanation

Hamlet got a bit spaced-out.

Hamlet Act 2 Scene 2

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Done to death by slanderous tongue, was the hero that here lies.

• Hip Hop

• Shakespeare

Answer explanation

Wrong answers have been done to death.

Much Ado About Nothing Act 5 Scene 3

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3