David Aaron Greenberg isn’t your typical rapper, and “Streets” isn’t your typical rap single. The New York multidisciplinary artist and poet who counts Allen Ginsberg among his mentors has shared his second single and video ahead of Trap Poems, due April 3rd, 2026.
Where the project’s first single “Chill” came in slow and nocturnal, “Streets” has swagger and forward momentum. Producer David Sisko wraps Greenberg’s sharp, confident delivery in distorted bass and clean percussion, threading Beat poetry sensibility into contemporary experimental hip-hop production without making a big deal out of it. The result is something that works on both a literary and a street level, which is harder to pull off than it sounds.
Greenberg has been a fixture of downtown New York arts for decades. His portrait of Allen Ginsberg is part of Stanford University’s permanent collection, and his writing has appeared everywhere from Rolling Stone to Art in America. He has spent years moving between poetry, visual art, gallery curation, and music, and Trap Poems, created in collaboration with Sisko, is where all of those threads converge. The project draws on Beat poetry, jazz phrasing, and Nuyorican storytelling tradition, set against bass-heavy modern production that keeps things grounded in 2026.
Early responses to the project have flagged its ability to translate literary tradition into a contemporary sonic context without diluting either side. Across both singles, Greenberg makes a strong case that spoken word is not a nostalgic form but a living one, and that experimental hip-hop is wide enough to hold it.
The video for “Streets” is worth watching alongside the track rather than separately. Stark, confident, and unbothered by genre convention, it fits the music without overselling it.
“Streets” is out now. Trap Poems arrives April 3rd, 2026.
Featured image: David Sisko
