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rose’s Emotional Ride to success& her journey to her independence From MTV
Doc 'My Time now
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My time is about the changes happening in our society
with the life’s out our female hip hop artist and how they are becoming a lot more
independent and it has being highlighted that they are overcoming emotional
‘obstacles’ in their life, additionally how they are striving for success in
our current music industry and are looking for a sense of equality. And cookie
rose lets us into her life to highlight and see patterns of her success through
the music industry.
The mentioning of women in rap music by men has been a
largely demoralising phenomenon, at which women are referred to as
"gold-diggers," trifling, bitches, and hoes. While it is easy to
criticise male rap artists for demoralising Black women, female rappers have
not only participated in the gender politics but have also capitalised from
these stereotypes in the rap industry. Born Onika Maraj, Minaj's popularity
skyrocketed in 2010, with the releases of several mix tapes: Playtime is Over,
Suck* Free, and Beam Me up Scotty, before her first major album Pink Friday in
2010. According to Caulfield, Minaj scored her second number one album on the
Billboard 200 Chart in 2012 following the release of Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded with the hit single
"Starships" (2012). Upon her growing album sales, Minaj's popularity
further increased with various collaborations that widened her notoriety to
other areas of music, beyond rap. In analysing the content of Nicki Minajs
songs, the following themes appeared: reclamation of the words
"bitch" and "ho"; female independence; and female
masculinity.
Female Independence
The establishment of female independence in rap has taken
many forms. Black female identity by male rap artists has helped generate
negative stereotypes of the Black female body or a male objectifying the female
body. Female independence could also be seen as a woman objectifying her own
body and image to gain financial independence.
The aforementioned lyrics form her song ‘watch 2012’
demonstrate how female rappers have perpetuated the repressive and oppressive
nature of women in hip hop. It is important to note that the usage of
negatively degrading words against women by women carries more weight and
meaning. Within the sub-cultural context of rap, women disrespecting other women
in the same manner as men solidify their "street" credibility
therefore perpetuating the cultural acceptance of misogynistic lyrics,
regardless of the gender of the artist.
Female Masculinity ( I’m not bossy I am the boss)
The use of masculine rhetoric has been used by rap artists
since the days of "battling", or battle rap, to gain popularity and
to command respect from their fellow artists. The machismo attitude in rap
music has been denoted by images of male rappers "acting hard", and
having multiple women and material possessions, which have been expressed
through misogynistic imagery and lyrics. However, female rappers have utilised
this macho image as a tool of female empowerment despite its negative imagery.
Nicki Minaj has continuously utilised masculine rhetoric in her lyrics as an
act of empowerment which implies that, just like men, women could also be
violent-so don't mess with me or else.
The placement of Black women in the history of the United
States has always deviated from the norms and standards of dominant culture.
Black women's bodies have been both criticised and exploited by Whites for
economic gains. These stereotypes have created images of Sapphires, Jezebels,
and the Mammy, which further pushed Black women's intelligence onto the
periphery while mass media has largely capitalised on body and cultural images.
The mainstream representation of these stereotypes, especially the Sapphire or
bad bitch, revisits how Black women have always been exploited and oppressed,
but how ever this women have always raised against that this made them a lot
more emotionally stronger and also more financially independent.
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