Homophobia In Hip Hop Analysis

(The Trevor project). No matter gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, we all are humans with the same desire for love. Therefore, we should all have the same rights. Macklemore promotes voting for love which means equality and standing up for what we believe in.

Masculinity in the Hip-Hop culture has been redefined repetitively as the genre grows in popularity. Created in the late 70’s, Hip-Hop was started as an outlet for residents of urban communities to express them and have fun through the music. As Hip-Hop grew into the 80’s and 90’ the genre also evolved as the artist began to voice what was going on in their day to day lives and in their communities; Hip -hop became a form of storytelling. Being that a lot of Hip-Hop artist had street, and gang related backgrounds, their music would reflect their past lives that were violent and controversial. Despite their brave and unapologetic storytelling, the era of ‘gangster rap’ set the standard of what it meant to be masculine in the

Hip hop’s recieved a bad reputation within the last decade. It is known to negatively influence the younger generation. In the article, “America’s Hip Hop Double-Standard” Perkins asserts that the real issue is that men, black and white, no longer are able to financially support their families. This could be leading to poor behavior and decisions, and could be cqausing people of all ages to listen to hip-hop. In other words, Perkins believes that “as a genre, it references, violance, poor choices, drug use, and a general disrespect towards authority and towards women. The fact that its popularity at all just says a lot about us” (“Does Hip”). Maybe if hip hop wasn’t around, the degrading of women wouldn’t be so bad, maybe drugs wouldn’t be

Carla Stokes’ article made the claim that although hip hop culture has been a way for the youth of color to express themselves, it has led to the women of that group to have negative sexual scripts that created unhealthy sexual patterns. The author explained how hip hop culture preached misogynistic views of women and also glorified unsafe sexual behaviors. Girls who were involved in this culture since the 2000’s were very likely to build their web identify around their sexuality as opposed to other areas such as personality or interest. This lifestyle made girls appear innocent on the street but they expressed themselves sexually online to attract a partner. There were few categories, such as virgins, who were not concerned with associating

During the documentary a scene was shot at BET’s Spring Bling and a young male pointed out that women are determined to be b****** or women by the way they dress. Sexism is an issue that to society is not seen as important compared to the large number of black males incarcerated. The issue should be just as important if not more because one in four African American women is raped after the age eighteen. Most women who are called a b**** or another demeaning name think that it wasn’t referred to them, and either way is still unacceptable. Hip Hop is not being represented by men, which is why the decision of their lyrics is said the way that they

Ben Haggerty, more familiarly known by his stage name Macklemore, frequently addresses today’s issues in his music. With his Billboard hit “Same Love,” he strived to make marriage equality more understandable to the mainstream audiences. In his most recent track, “White Privilege II,” he talks about his involvement in the Black Lives Matter movement and the perspectives of others concerning it. Last summer, shortly after his child’s birth, Haggerty released one of the most personal and heartfelt songs he’s created to which he dedicated to his newborn daughter, Sloan. “Growing Up” is an honest open letter addressing the fear of becoming a new father, experiential advice for his new child, and the demanding pressure of his career.

Rap is a style of popular music of US black American and Hispanic origin, featuring rap with an electronic backing. Hip hop culture is just like electricity. It can be use positively or negatively. Even though many people may say that hip hop music has no intellectual values or that many of the hip hop artists are uneducated, but they’ve never realized how responsible hop artists’ hip are and give their fans advice about lifestyles and education. First of all, people think many of the hip hop artists are uneducated.

According to Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, that is the definition of homophobia. Interesting isn't it? to see homophobia on the same page as hepatitis, herpes, and HIV among others. Before this class I wouldn't have expected to find it there. I mean honestly, what significance could homophobia have in comparison to those other three seriously-taken "real" medical terms? Despite homophobia being a matter of life and death as well, probably the most serious aspect of the disease of homophobia is

In today’s society many individuals listen to music. With so many different genres to choose from in the music industry, one of the most popular genres of music is Hip Hop. With the constant urge for new artists, lyrics, and rap styles, it seems as though Hip Hop is the holy grail of music. One of the main problems with Hip Hop is the misogyny of women. Adams and Fuller (2006) define misogyny as the “hatred or disdain of women” and “an ideology that reduces women to objects for men’s ownership, use, or abuse” (p. 939). Popular American hip-hop and rap artists, such as Eminem, Ludacris and Ja Rule, have increasingly depicted women as objects of violence or male domination by communicating that “submission is a desirable trait in a woman” (Stankiewicz & Rosselli, 2008, p. 581). These songs condone male hegemony in which “men find the domination and exploitation of women and other men to be not only expected, but actually demanded” (Prushank, 2007, p. 161).

First off, I will say that the two painting would not be categorized as hip-hop because when I look at both of the picture I'm not persuade that the picture have anything to do with hip hop at all. I can say when I see the image of the radio I have a sense that the artist was making that painting in reference to music. The painting of the man the horse would give you some what idea of someone who maybe listen to hip-hop or rap music but you could be wrong so the image gives off less of reason to say it's a picture about hip-hop. Also you could tell the artist who drew the painting of the male on the horse focus on those of the black community because of the way the black male is dressed in the image. That painting also gives you more of a

Dahl defended the night in Chicago in an interview 37 years later as teenage rock fans having fun. But they were not the innocent teenagers that Dahl still makes them out to be - they were “agitated, riotous, rockist thugs protesting a rhythmic dance that was explicitly black, brown, gay, and woman-centric” (Shepherd). According to Vince Lawrence, who was a 15 year old usher at Comiskey Park, there were more than just disco records being burned that night. Teenagers awaiting entry, most of them straight, white, male, and blue collar, brought Stevie Wonder records, Marvin Gaye records - in other words not disco, just black, and proceeded to burn them (Drake). Dahl pins later claims of racism and homophobia on modern political correctness and

Which connects back to why rappers don't speak on topics like that or why they feel such a negative way towards people of the same species who prefer a different sex from what they prefer. People are scared of change and difference. If someone dresses too different from another person, the instant thought of judging has entered your conscience as soon as you see them. You are surprised that they have the courage to wear something that has a distinguishable difference in your own taste. It correlates to sexuality as well because people are afraid of someone else being attracted to their own sex because it’s different from from the tradition that you’re used to. This is why the thought of a gay rapper is so controversial now. Rappers have made

However, throughout the years Hip-hop began to be appropriated by Caucasians. This can be seen in White Privilege, where Macklemore speaks up about how Hip-hop has begun to lose its earning because Caucasians are favored in the genre that did not even began with them. Furthermore, this song causes a great amount of controversy and backlash to Macklemore, especially from whites who felt offended by his lyrics. Thus, the controversy that arose caused people to overlook the meaning behind White Privilege. They viewed this song as one who focused solely on targeting the lifestyle of white, instead of viewing the original meaning which was to acknowledge and raise awareness to the fact that Hip-Hop was an art created by African Americans. Overall, when people forget the meaning behind important cultural aspects, they also neglect parts of that

Recently rap music has changed the way women see themselves and the way that society views them. Many rappers today only portray women as loose and give them the name of “Bitches and Hoes” in many of their songs. Rappers only show women dressed in skimpy outfits and shaking their bodies all over men to portray a type of image that appeals to the society. They have regarded the women population as shallow and nothing more than objects. Hip-hop has convinced many people in the society that this is how women should be treated, but enough is enough and it is time that people recognize and give women the respect they truly deserve. This paper will fit chapter three of The Hip Hop Reader that mainly discusses the gender issues in Hip

3) I engage in queer performance every day. Every day when I get out of class, I play video games for at least an hour. My roommate always makes comments, calling me different. In fact, I once overheard her say that she was shocked I was still playing the game when my boyfriend left, because I know longer had anyone to impress. As if I was doing it to impress him. But she isn’t the only person who has said things like that. While one of my male friends was skimming through my movie collection he stumbled upon a movie called, Lord of the Rings. When he started asking me about the movie and I answered all of his questions correctly, he began to look surprised. When I asked him why he was surprised he said someone like me never associates with