Hip hop is often associated with misogynistic views, masculinity, and degrading remarks. These idealistic views that have been established in the histories and academics of hip hop is what corrupts the treatment of women. The degrading remarks make women vulnerable to the language associated in hip hop. "If one considers the risks women in hip hop culture have faced when they dare to speak out on a number of issues, especially domestic violence, we can understand that the strategy of utilizing pseudonyms is often times a necessary protection when one is recounting hidden narratives." (Histories and 'her stories' from the Bronx) Women aren't taken seriously in the genre of hip hop as men are and this causes the missed opportunities for women to strive up the ladder to a successful career, because they're more likely to be taken advantage of with the stereotypical stigma surrounding women in hip hop. Most music videos of women in hip hop or overtly sexualized and this stigma around sex sells, makes me wonder, why advertise that when there should be something more to offer? To disrupt the sexualized narrative.
It's interesting how we associate the face of hip hop in a particular city like Seattle. "When the majority of America hears the phrase "Seattle rap," the name that immediately pops into their mind is Macklemore. "Thrift Shop," that janky slice of pop-hop about cheap threads and "cold-ass honkies," inexplicably dominated the radio in 2012, becoming the albatross around local hiphop's neck." (Fleck, 2016) It's interesting how Macklemore was able to garner this association of thrifty Seattle, and this new age of hip hop in the scene.
Music Video
Hot Girl Summer- Meg Thee Stallion Ft. Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbcLcSY2au4
Macklemore- Thrift shop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK8mJJJvaes
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