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For the final project in my "Women in Hip-Hop" class at Cornell University, I wanted to point out the double standards that are used against black women in hip-hop in a creative way. I came up with the idea of flipping the script by taking quotes that have been used to police women's sexuality and imposing on their male counterparts. This illustration will be my direct interpretation as to how it would look if men in hip-hop were chastised for the same things/reasons women were. I hope to use this visual component to highlight the absurdity regarding the policing of women for things that should not even be an issue.
"I see Rick Ross as a terrorist, especially in terms of the impact on young boys."
"This popular, current Black male rapper starts overtly pushing his hyper-sexualized image again? Just my luck. I’m trying to raise a young boy."
"To Jay-Z, fatherhood apparently means letting your toddler watch you and your backup dancers publicly perform bedroom acts."
“Lil Wayne has sold out completely to the commercialisation and objectification of men’s bodies and their sexuality. And now he’s promoting it to girls and boys.”
"Variations of Usher’s body suit can be found in Chippendales, male strip clubs, and red light districts across the world – where sex is for sale and it happens to be dispensed through a man’s body."
"Chris's crude, tasteless and explicit dancing, combined with the money-focused lyrics, are telling his fans, that it is good for men and boys to sell their body, and right for women and girls to see men purely as a sexual commodity."
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