ill Doctrine is a hip-hop video blog hosted by Jay Smooth, creator of hiphopmusic.com and founder of New York's longest running hip-hop radio show, WBAI's Underground Railroad.
The public is far more disturbed by misogynistic lyrics in rap music than in rock music -- the domain of white musicians. Seems it isn't sexism that the dominant culture is opposed to, but rather the black voices communicating the message.
In the big picture, copyright must continually work to ensure that the basic building blocks of creativity are available to artists and creators, especially as new forms of art emerge.
Seeing misogyny, outright sexism, pornography, patriarchy in rap/hip-hop music videos aren’t anything new. But for some reason, this video struck me as a lot more destructive than usual.
The bad girls of hip-hop: their sweet success brings home bitter truths - their present success will probably be short-lived as none own record companies - Foxy Brown, Lil' Kim, and DaBrat
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