John Donne x Usher, Cardi B x Lillian Randolph

RipRap, a literary journal out of California State University – Long Beach, just accepted two more of the hip hop poems for publication in their next issue. One is a blues that goes out to both Cardi B and Lillian Randolph, who voiced the Mammy character in the original Tom & Jerry cartoons and had a somewhat complex relationship with the role. The other is a villanelle that sees John Donne doing his best Usher/Lil’ John/Ludacris impression in a club.