Why Don I Recognize Many Artisits on Wikipedias List of Conscious Hip Hop Artists?
myself getting very upset while watching the two episodes as I felt a real issue was being ignored. While hip hop may give a voice to young artists who say things that we aren’t all comfortable hearing (e.g. sexist, homophobic, and racist terms) the words of these hip hop artists are only a symptom of the problem. Many hip hop artist speak about living in squalid conditions, the groupies they encounter as hip hop stars, and other such controversial issues while littering these speeches with the n-word, derogatory terms for women, and other such low-blow words for those they perceive to be against them. But I felt that the discussion on Oprah ignored the fact that many white artists have been doing much of the same in their own way for years. Anyone who has listened to an 80s rock band album can attest to the fact that their way of speaking about women isn’t exactly flattering. They often only feature women in their songs when speaking about sexual acts and while “bitch” and “ho” may no
