Misogny in hip hop culture

Misogyny in hip hop culture is a reflection of American culture that is mostly male dominated. Hip Hop refers to lyrics, videos or other aspects of hip hop culture that support, glorify, justify, or normalize the objectification, exploitation, or victimization of women. Although there are many artist that make positive music they are over shadowed by the negative songs that have no true meaning besides a nice groove. The lyrical content are obscene and promote violence towards women. Misogyny is often used in hip hop culture by male rappers for authenticity and credibility. Since most rappers must have a male bravado or reputation of a "gangster" or a "pimp" then this only further glorifies the lifestyle and the idea of Misogyny. The most common reason it is used is that male rappers want to appear masculine. It's all about building an image as well as internalizing a negative stereotype about women that are predominant in American society. It has been argued that misogyny in hip hop culture is only an outgrowth of the cultural acceptance of misogyny at-large. Gangster rap has been critically ashamed of using misogyny in its course. One of the first Rappers to ever say the word "Bitch" was "Too $hort" from Oakland California. He is portrayed as a pimp and he one of the first rappers to use profanity on a record. Although Too $hort may have been the first to say the word, it is in incorporated into the culture and into the lyrics. The lyrics of gangster rap are hateful but they do not indeed represent a trend in black popular culture. It has been identified that there are five common misogynistic themes in rap lyrics: derogatory naming and shaming of women, sexual objectification of women, legitimating of violence against women, distrust of women, and celebration of prostitution and pimping. Men are praised if they abuse and exploit women. These insults seek to degrade women and keep them "in their place". Sexual objectification is the most common misogynistic theme in rap music. Women are portrayed as good only for sex. Dr. Dre raps: “Bitches ain’t shit but hoes and tricks / Lick on these nuts and suck the dick / Get’s the fuck out after you’re done / And I hops in my ride to make a quick run.” — Dr. Dre, Bitches Ain't Shit That was an example from the early years of hip hop. Today in our society hip hop misogynists culture has increased with artists such as 2 Chainz and Tyga are one of the main “rappers” who do so in objectifying women with their song. 2 Chainz raps: “She got a big booty, so I call her big booty” -2Chainz, birthday song 2 chainz uses on one common type of misogyny themes which is obviously showing the sexual objectification of women. Even female such as Nicki Minaj , uses misogyny in her songs. With titles like “Stupid Hoe” and lines like “Bitches better get on they knees,” and “If I had a dick, I would pull it out and piss on 'em [bitches],” This just makes harder for misogyny in hip hop culture to disappear as Nicki Minaj being a female herself is agreeing with the misogynist views and how females should be treated particular in America

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