Reponse Discussion Beyond Beats and Rhymes - Essay Example

Hip Hop Culture due: Hip Hop Culture Amber Boggs Main Post Amber Boggs responds to the hyper-masculinity displayed by rappers who are after record deals. According to the rappers, they will only secure record deals if they show this masculinity through violence, drugs and sexually objectifying women. Does this justify the stereotype about the Black Americans or hip hop? I think it does. A group of white youth agrees and says that they listen to rap music to learn about a different culture that they have not experienced before (46:37).

Further on in the film (50:35), different rappers and speakers including Jadakiss, Jackson Katz and Chuck D agree that the people behind the recording labels are white executives who sell the stereotype of hip-hop to make profit. However, all the rappers fail to explain why they behave in the manner they do and if they think they are hurting the black community by living up to the stereotype standards set. In the book Thug Life: Race, Gender, and the Meaning of Hip-Hop, Jeffries (2011) states through his interviews the use of masculinity and stereotype, the white corporate control hip hop but the black respondents are unable to explain the harm this has to the community(p. 149).Tsun Kit Leung Main PostBased on the film Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes, Tsun Kit Leung points out sex, race and gender inequality portrayed in hip hop and black culture.

She chose to respond to Dr. Beverly Guy-Sheftall, who talks on how women are used as sex objects. I agree with Tsun Kit Leung as in the film we have footage of women scantily dressed dancing in music videos allowing the men to touch them or sexualize them. Women have different opinions to this. Some have no issue with how they termed in the lyrics or shown in the videos. One particular video by Nelly (Tip Drill) he is seen swiping a credit card on a womans backside (20:10). Despite his humanitarian efforts for raising awareness on leukemia through a bone marrow drive, the video causes controversy when he tries to visit Spelman College, which is a historically black women institution.

The students are offended and deny him the chance to present his drive unless he responds to their questions and opinions regarding the video. The ladies in this example do not support the objectifying of women in Hip Hop. In another example, some ladies are interviewed and say they do not have an issue with the name calling or being sexually objectified since its not directed to them and that its a "man problem…thats a man for you"(26:40).References"Csuf_player." Csuf_player. Web. 4 Nov. 2014.

http://distance-ed.fullerton.edu/bbpresentations/bonnie_massey/hip_hop_beyond_beats_and_rhymes/player.htmlJeffries, M. (2011). Thug life: Race, gender, and the meaning of hip-hop. Chicago: University ofChicago Press.