In every facet of hip hop music and culture, women have been innovating and setting new precedents—yet most connoisseurs of hip hop remain unaware of how women have actively shaped its culture and music from inception.
, the cultural phenomenon called hip hop is on everyone’s mind. But where are the women? How are they represented?
The gender omission of women as architects of hip hop, from its humble beginnings up to the current moment with its global impact, is not a new issue. Despite hip hop’s cultural contributions globally of music, beats, rhymes, dancing, clothing and lifestyle, women have been noticeably absent from its origin story and the pantheon of Black men who are thought to have “made” hip hop what it is today.hip hop.
hip hop, there were strong discussions and critiques over its glamorization of violence via gangsta rap and the degrading representation of women, and especially Black women, in music videos and in the genre’s lyrics.hip hop actually resulted in a 1994 congressional hearing on the matter, spearheaded by political leaders like U.S. Representative Maxine Waters .
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