3. EVOLUTION OF RAP MUSIC :
MICHAEL ERIC DYSON
http://bigthink.com/ideas/784
He covered not just FEMALE rap but the evolution of rap in general by
listing historical facts and highlighting the things that rappers used to speak
about such and the issues around them.
Life >>> caused them to speak on violence !
4. WHAT IS AN ?
The gradual development of something, esp. from a
simple to a more or less complex form.
Bettsie Smith
5. LIGHT AS A ROCK VS. BARBS
In the beginning of Hip-Hop, there were
female legendary female MC queens. In these
times, we had MC Lyte, the only woman
clever enough to equate her femininity and
strength to a rock. Lyte had sisters everywhere
feeling as if we were "lyte as a rock." While
there may not have been many female rappers
to compete with Lyte at the time, males made
it clear that even they were afraid to see Lyte
on the mic.
Queen Latifah called for UNITY. In the early
90s, she created the female anthem that had
women everywhere demanding respect. "Who
you calling a...?"
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7. IN CONCLUTION
Some female artists try to work within the current male-dominated industry
and play the expected role. Others are seen as misusing sex and feminism and
devaluing black men, or just "shootin' off at the mouth.”
Education is the first step in changing gender relations in the hip-hop
community. People first need to be made aware that women's rights are being
violated verbally in the sexist lyrics, in physical interactions at hip-hop events,
and in the general way that hip-hop youth interact with one another everyday.
Each individual can remember the roots of his/her own internalized sexist
ideology. Knowing the history of this ideology, we can keep history from
being repeated. A change in the hip-hop culture's collective consciousness can
spread to the larger population, or vice versa. We need knowledge to act and
speak out against the exploitation of women, not only in hip-hop culture, but
in all cultures everywhere.
