Hip Hop Misogyny Analysis

Does Hip Hop provoke violence, drug use, and misogyny? In a time of strained relationships between African-Americans and White Americans, it’s strange to see the most visible source of Black culture in America, Hip Hop, get seldom reported on. As such a prominent part of our modern, shared culture, Hip Hop’s rapid growth has left many confused and perhaps even suspicious. No one is against having fun, but when it comes to negatively influencing listeners, especially the youth, the elephant in the room is still there: excessively violent and horribly misogynistic lyrics, coupled with boasts of heavy drug use and flagrant disregard for authority. The talking heads we see on the news use these broad concepts to push whatever agenda, but at the …show more content…
The first is the seeming irony that while Hip Hop is repeatedly discussed as being a negative influence, many listeners simply don’t care or readily acknowledge any violence of misogyny in the song lyrics as especially negative. The reality may simply be that the excessiveness and over-the-top nature of the misogyny presented in the lyrics simply don’t register with the listener on a deep level. This then segues into an analysis of the prevailing technique and production skills used in modern and classic Hip Hop, discussing the genre on an artistic level rather than any political nature. This source seems to contradict previous sources that attempt to prove a connection between Hip Hop and misogyny. Whether or not the reality versus the scientific statistics prove this connection, and as to if Hip Hop has now simply become just a musical genre, now becomes a question to research for this paper. Another concept to consider is whether ignoring something negative, in this case misogyny, makes you responsible because you didn’t do anything to help or stop it. This is a more philosophical question that I believe can be answered in the final