Ladies First: Queen Latifah's Afrocentric Feminist Rap

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The Bright Side of Hip Hop
In many music videos, one can see the way in which women are displayed. Even in society, women are put down by men and seen as inferior to men. Many of these songs don't focus on changes the injustice of society. From rap, hip hop, and R&B, many artist rap about drugs and the display women half naked in their music videos. Even though most hip hop music is said to be about sex, drugs, racism and violence, there are many hip hop songs and raps that can have a positive impact on the person and that are used as a way to communicate a message. Many feminist rappers influence their audience by the lyrics and also according to their music video.
Above all, there was a point when women only played music at their house but we're not professionally …show more content…

She also faces racism towards African Americans. In the book, “Ladies First”: Queen Latifah’s Afrocentric Feminist Music Video by Robin Robert, “...explores issues raised by feminist rap, that is, rap that focuses on promoting women's importance, that demands equal treatment for women, and that demonstrates the need for women to support each other(245).” This book shows how rap is used by many women to express their concerns and issues. In other words, this means that women are trying to express themselves and their beliefs in how a women should be treated through the form of rap. Due to the characteristics of rap, women are able to promote their message regarding feminism. The song, “Ladies First” by Queen Latifah, is about the importance of women and how they are not inferior to men nor superior, but equal. For instance in “Ladies First”(Latifah), it states... “when I get there,that's when I tax the next man, or the next woman it doesn't make a difference, keep the competition coming.” This means that there is no difference in weather going against a man or a woman. They should be both treated equally instead of men thinking that they are superior to

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