When Most poeple think about females in hip hop the think about woman being seductive and being objects for males in their videoclip. But actually
no, today there as many female hip hop artists that are as successful and powerful as men
Woman in hip
hop often have the role of the badman in black folk culture, a role descended from slavery,
has been widely embraced in hip hop identity. So, understandably, we find a
host of female “badman” in hip hop who use the language of violence, power, and
subversive tricksterism to articulate their artistic
prowess
The badwomen do not simply occupy male spaces,
however. They also use their presence to call into question the masculine
designation of those spaces, and to at times even offer a feminist critique by
using the power vested in these spaces.
Look at missy Elliot She is powerfull, she is A five-time Grammy Award winner, with record
sales of over thirty million in the United States. She is the perfect exaple of
a female badman in hip hop
Heres the clip of the song “the rain”,
you cqn see she is dressed like a gangsta with chains
and riding in a big car
Some black woman like to
dress like gangstas because white female standards of beauty still haunt them, so
they have chosen more masculine outfitting as a counter-hegemonic move
Hip hop feminist
symbolism (Elaine Richardson)
“Li’l Kim represents a type of power.
She is the queen of the streets, the Queen Bitch, the Queen Bee, the Black
Madonna of rap music. She is an overcomer. She is a global fashion
icon. Li’l Kim violation of sexual mores is threatening to some.”