Music and Gender

I listen to hip-hop/rap every day and I have noticed some things that differ between the men and women side. On the men's side, there's usually one out of the three elements present: drugs, sex, and killing. These components I mentioned are not hip-hop or rap, but what is shown to express that this is a lifestyle worth attaining. Some examples of rappers that share these same elements within their music are Key Glock, Real Boston, Richey, LUCKI, etc. These are rappers I will probably listen to in two hours however, the point I want to make is these are the differences I noticed. Below I will share a video from rapper Real Boston Richey.

For the women's side or hip-hop/Rap, I have noticed their approach is different. Their lyrics are mainly composed of talking about their bodies or sexual references. This is what sells yes however, if there's an aspiring female rapper and she tells herself to be heard she needs to talk about her body and dress half naked would that be staying true to yourself? Some of these rappers included: Sexyy Red, City Girls, Cuban Doll, etc. Below I will show a song by Sexyy Red called "Skeeyee".


The media is an advocate for these types of rappers because it sells and has become socially acceptable in a sense. The media either promotes or plays this artist's songs on their radio stations. Women are mistreated in the music industry because their bodies are objectified. Hip-hop/Rap is a male-dominated business because women aren’t seen to be “violent”.

When I was in a band in 6th grade, I noticed the boys were assigned instruments like drums, guitars, trumpets, etc. Whereas girls’ options were flute, piano, and violin. Since then, the world has been more accepting of different genders choosing any instrument. I haven’t personally seen a female guitarist although I have seen a female play the saxophone which I thought was really unique. Statista has data to show how many females were producers compared to males. This data supports the point I made earlier that Hip-hop/Rap is a male-dominated industry. Their data states in recent years there were 2.8 percent female producers on the other hand the percentage of males was 97 percent. This is a huge difference that is statistically significant. These social expectations of gender roles in the music industry were here before I was born and most likely will stay way before I die.

 


Comments

  1. Von DavisOctober 9, 2023 at 4:07 PM

    i also hit some of these same points in my blog as well Domonique, you should check it out.

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  2. Christopher Melody MadnessOctober 13, 2023 at 10:54 AM

    After reading your post on the differences between the Rap Industry when it comes to gender. I do agree as I have a bit of past knowledge on this topic, I agree that the rap industry tends to not take women as seriously as men. I also love how you brought up how women talk about their bodies frequently when it comes to their music and oversexualize themselves to be noticed in the music industry.

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  3. Ben HustonOctober 14, 2023 at 1:41 PM

    Hey Dominique, I like this post because you are very honest about rap as a genre, and it does seems very apparent that rap is trying to influence people in a certain way. Very few rap songs cover positive topics, and the overly sexual female rap pushes a negative agenda.

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  4. Miguel JuncoOctober 14, 2023 at 6:23 PM

    Hey Dominique, I liked how you used your own personal experiences to showcase the gender norms that our society has.

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  5. malikOctober 16, 2023 at 7:20 PM

    Hey I do feel the same way about men and women music they do have a big different and you basically said it!!!

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