Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Can't stop, won't stop: Rap Genius launches sites for annotating news, rock, and poetry

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Rap Genius founders Tom Lehman, Ilan Zechory, and Mahbod Moghadam.


Rap Genius, the site for recording and annotating rap lyrics, is expanding beyond rap. The company just tweaked the homepage to show off its three recently-launched sections: Poetry Genius, which covers literature; Rock Genius, which covers rock, pop, country music, and more; and News Genius, which is a bit of a catch-all. The new categories are part of the startup's plan to annotate the internet, which it announced back in October when it raised $15 million from major Silicon Valley investors.


"The true promise of the site is to take it beyond hip-hop, beyond music, and analyze, break down, and show the context behind the text for every form of text," cofounder Tom...


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via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/25/4450724/rap-genius-launches-channels-for-annotated-poetry-rock-and-news

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