Hip Hop Fest Concert Report

The Super Fresh Hip Hop Fest was the event that I attended with the Philosophy 444 class. The event took place at the Lakefront Arena, where we were surrounded by people from the seventies and eighties. At this concert, we had the pleasure of listening to famous and local artists as well as DJs, who played popular hits. The performers were Doug E. Fresh, Too Short, Slick Rick, DJ Kool, Dana Dane, Roxanne Shante, UNLV, Gregory D and Partners N Crime. As we were watching the performers, I observed the other concert attendants and noticed some interesting things. Many of the viewers were dressed in iconic 80’s hip-hop wear. I also saw many of the audience members doing famous dances from the time period. I felt a sense of community amongst the people who were attending. For example, there were two people who were called up to do dances from the 80’s. The chemistry between them …show more content…
His lyrics were vulgar and disrespectful. He told the all the women in the audience “I wanna see you bitches shake your asses for me”. When he said that, I was legitimately angry. Then he started saying, “What’s my favorite word?” The whole crowd, which was made up of mostly women, said “Bitch”. I was flabbergasted. I could not understand why everyone, especially the women, was okay with this. Now I know that this was a case of cultural relativism. The people in the audience were raised to think that sexist language is okay in hip-hop, and that what says has nothing to do with him. According to Webster’s dictionary the definition of bitch is “the female of the dog or some other carnivorous mammals”. When I hear women being called a bitch, she is being called less than human. She is being referred to as someone who cannot make decisions for herself, because she incapable of doing so, like an animal. I strongly dislike the derogatory term and would never tolerate being called such a word. Too Short was the worst part of the