Hey guys,
So, today I was listening to the radio at work and it came to my attention that in a lot of popular "mainstream" hip hop/rap music coming out now, there is alot of glorification of independant women who work and make money and pay their bills and generally have their lives together. Needless to say, I was wondering what you guys thought about this new trend. Is this just the more mainstream influence trying to turn the negative stereotype around? Or, in the rap culture, is there a genuine turning of the tides away from "bitches and hoes" and towards successful, accomplished and respectable women?
That's really interesting you brought this up. As I was reading what you wrote, the song "Miss Independent" by Ne-yo popped into my head and that song is exactly about what you mentioned. I don't think that tides are necessarily turning away from the "bitches and hoes" attitude, but that rappers are finding other things to rap about. I mean how many songs can they possibly come out with the same viewpoint about women? If there were more songs being released about successful, accomplished, and respectable women, like you mentioned, then yes I would think that the general attitude was shifting.
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