Black women are starting to fight rap's degrading images

 

You never know in America. Just when you think something bad is going to go on far longer than it should, signs of its being brought to a sudden halt appear.

Nelly, a rapper from St. Louis who is notorious for his hedonistic rap videos and dehumanizing images of black women, has been stopped in his tracks by a group of concerned young women from Spelman College and young men from Morehouse College, two historically black schools in Atlanta.

 

The rapper chose not to appear at a recent fund-raiser in Atlanta for a bone marrow project to avoid being confronted by these students, who deem the images of women in his videos indefensible.

Stanley Crouch

there's plenty of good, intelligent, creative hip-hop being recorded that doesn't rely on stale and degrading portrayals of women. for a hack like nelly to catch flack for it--that's a good thing for hip-hop.

Chuck D from Public Enemy was recently on campus giving a lecture about this subject. He railed about hip hop originally being used as a means to describe the problems facing the inner city re: drugs, guns in school, police brutality etc. but now it's become 50 Cent and Ja Rule bulls*** to sell records and keep the "hip hop" image which has become smoking weed and having giant pink SUV's and having guns being in gangs, etc.

 

Gimme "Fear of a Black Planet" over anything hip hop related that has come out by the "big name" artists.

Chuck D from Public Enemy was recently on campus giving a lecture about this subject.  He railed about hip hop originally being used as a means to describe the problems facing the inner city re: drugs, guns in school, police brutality etc. but now it's become 50 Cent and Ja Rule bulls*** to sell records and keep the "hip hop" image which has become smoking weed and having giant pink SUV's and having guns being in gangs, etc.

 

Gimme "Fear of a Black Planet" over anything hip hop related that has come out by the "big name" artists.

Give me "Fear of the Black Hat"

 

 

 

 

 

(I edited that title...I HAD to...)

Damn right and about time. I would recommend watching Dreamworlds 2 by Sut Jhally--truly, truly shocking and sad stuff.

 

Of course pop videos are just as degrading as well as just about any other genre. But I'm glad to hear some people are trying to do something about it.

Chuck D from Public Enemy was recently on campus giving a lecture about this subject.  He railed about hip hop originally being used as a means to describe the problems facing the inner city re: drugs, guns in school, police brutality etc. but now it's become 50 Cent and Ja Rule bulls*** to sell records and keep the "hip hop" image which has become smoking weed and having giant pink SUV's and having guns being in gangs, etc.

 

Gimme "Fear of a Black Planet" over anything hip hop related that has come out by the "big name" artists.

Good post Apu.

Of course pop videos are just as degrading as well as just about any other genre. But I'm glad to hear some people are trying to do something about it.

You said it sister. It's also time for women to not allow themselves to be degraded.

You said it sister.  It's also time for women to not allow themselves to be degraded.

it's supply and demand.

 

 

as long as there are girls who want to make money with their bodies, there'll be men to exploit them.

 

or am I blaming the victim?

 

 

Why are parents ok with their kids doing this stuff?

Why are parents ok with their kids doing this stuff?

What parents are okay with their kids watching this stuff? MTV is just porn with a better beat.

What parents are okay with their kids watching this stuff?  MTV is just porn with a better beat.

 

here's to no cable at the sox4life house!!

What parents are okay with their kids watching this stuff?  MTV is just porn with a better beat.

But we have to have it. What would our society be without soft porn at the push of a button.