Woman in Hip-Hop

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.”