Misogyny or Reality?

Lil Wayne is the rapper
who only memorizes his lyrics

During the class discussion Monday, it was hard for me to listen and point fingers saying misogyny is prevalent in ALL rap songs and ALL rap artists have a hatred of women. Now, I'm not African American or grew up listening to rap since I was a baby, but it is a genre of music I enjoy. Misogyny can be used against any type of genre of music. Yes, more explicit language is used in rap songs, but it is the way the rap genre expresses themselves. This goes the same for any other music produced around the world, it is an art of self-expression, and rapists are artists just like Pablo Picasso or Beethoven. Lil' Wayne, one of the worlds most famous rappers, never writes down lyrics on a piece of paper. He memorizes them without using a visual. He also came up with an entire album Carter IV while he was in prison. Again, you wouldn't find Toby Keith in prison, but one would have to give Lil' Wayne credit for being able to memorize all of those raps without writing a single word down on a piece of paper. To me, rap is like poetry. It is vocal poetry, adding a beat and giving life this poem the artist is expressing before you.

Moving forward to the subject of misogyny in rap music would be assumed to the naked eye. But, this is judging someone by the words coming out of their mouth and not taking into why they are reciting this poetry to the audience. When rappers say "hoe", "b*tch", "slut", etc. it would be my most educational guess that these women deserved it. They probably did some awful things or dirty twisted things just to say they hung out with "X rapper." In their music videos there are girls dancing in bikini's, but they signed themselves up to work that music video. Why are women strippers? Because they need money to support themselves. Why do rappers keep rapping what their customers want? Because they need income to support themselves. It is a vicious cycle and people do things they sometimes wouldn't necessarily want to do in order to receive a steady income. To me, women who hurt rappers or men in general are going to have to face their problems and sometimes men need to express themselves as much as women. Heck, Taylor Swift writes about all of her x-boyfriends including celebrities John Mayer and Taylor Lautner. Both of whom were effected emotionally by her songs. Sure, rappers include more explicit words, but that is just the culture.

Kat Deluna, a female rapper, also would be considered representing Misogyny to the article we read for class Monday. She is constantly using her body to make the guys in the video attracted to her, causing a demurring look on women. But, in my age group this is one of the most popular songs during Formals and Proms. It is just a fun dance to dance to, in which no one really hears the words expressed in the songs. This is similar to Lil John's "Get Low". It is one of the most popular songs at formals and proms, but one of its main lyrics is "slapemwitdadick".

Kat Deluna, center shaking her booty
in guys' faces... good view of the women sex
is portrayed in that picture

In my opinion I think America and the generations before my generation need to accept the fact that rappers are expressing their views through their style of art. People paint, take pictures, dance, etc. rappers should be able to recite their poetry in a vocal manner no matter the case. Women need to not take offense to the way they express themselves because they are not pointing their fingers at every single woman listening to their song calling them out on a personal level saying they are all of these rude words. It's a type of self expression and should be openly accepted just like any other music genre. Women need to take more offense to the fact that women are dancing seductively in videos, sometimes wearing nothing but a thong. The world isn't like it was in the 1950's anymore. Times have changed and will continuing to keep changing.

I wonder what the next misogynistic subject is going to be.

To Read the Critic's top 10 Misogynistic songs view article below:
http://theurbandaily.com/854555/10-misogynistic-rap-songs-that-women-love-nsfw/