Stereotypes: A Video Analysis

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A wise man once said that “music and its videos is as powerful as any medicine” and I solely believe that. In the status quo, people are starting to believe that music has taken a turn for the worst. They believe that music (specifically Hip-Hop) is all about rappers flashing their money, women, drug, and cars. People have let those bad apple videos stereotype all of Hip-Hop, but what they don’t know is that they are not looking deep enough for those rappers that rap about social and political issue. One video I always bring up is Reagan by Killer Mike https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lIqNjC1RKU. Michael Render better known as Killer Mike is a famous rapper based in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2012 Killer Mike released his 6th album called R.A.P …show more content…

The video shows how Reagan stated that in no way, shape, or form that drugs and/or weapons would be traded for hostages and how he later states that there were some trading for hostage. Before Reagan was acquitted for presidency Reagan also allow other terrible things to happen in the black community. Killer Mike used the term Reaganomics in his song. According to Rap Genius Reaganomics is “a term to describe the economic policies of Reagan, including lowered income taxes and reduced government involvement in the economy.” Killer Mikes makes it known that the policies Reagan put in place widened the gap between lowest and highest income earners thus making it hard for African Americans to make and sustain a living. Along with Reaganomics, prisons turned into profits, Oliver North introduced cocaine to the African American community and it allowed the police to terrorize whoever, specifically African …show more content…

“Ronald Reagan was an actor, not at all a factor. Just an employee of the country's real masters”. Although Ronald Reagan was a real actor I think the deeper meaning in those lines was the fact that he was just a puppet in the racist capitalist control of the United States. As far as Reagan being an employee of the country’s real master, I feel as if he thinks that most of Reagan’s actions was an influence of a wealthier society or something serious like the illuminati, where Killer Mike says “666 Ronald Wilson Reagan” at the end of the song. Killer Mike also calls out our most recent presidents like Clinton, both Bushes, and Obama as being “talking heads telling lies on teleprompters” meaning that they use the teleprompter to hide behind the truth, he believe that when they use teleprompter they are not genuine in their speeches and could be feeding America

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