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Meagan Bens

Topic: Rap music stereotypes and their consequences

Research Questions:

What are the differences between the portrayal of African Americans in early hip hop compared

to now? What is the shift in focus or purpose? How has this shift in image impacted African

Americans’lives?

What are the mainstream, commercialied portrayal of rap music and its stars? What impact do

these stereotypes have on African Americans?!How do these stereotypes affect their

development? How do Americans and culture respond to these stereotypes?

What is the correlation between rap songs lyrics and how well they sell? "o more “gangster ”

lyrics result in higher popularity? Are artists trapped in the industry’s demands?

What does the growing acceptance and popularity of hip hop!rap music say about our society?

What groups listen to this music the most?

Audience and Significance:

# want my paper to help society, both blac$s and whites, understand the consequences of these

stereotypes that are created and applied% # want my research to raise awareness of therepercussions that we often ignore%

Context:

&he issue has been relevant for a while, ever since the brea$out of gangster rap in the '(s% #n the

)(s*'(s, there were a variety of artists and styles% +nce corporations realied rap was a growing phenomenon that could result in profit, the content shifted% Rap started as a form of epression,

 but has been changed to blac$ artists rapping whatever will benefit white eecutives% &he varietyhas disappeared and commercial rap was created, which includes an abundance of negative blac$ 

stereotypes%

Exhibit:

&o ehibit my discussion concerning the consequences of rap music stereotypes, # plan on

highlighting these stereotypes% -irst # will give a general bac$ground on the start of rap and theshift in styles and values% After providing bac$ground, # will dive into stereotypes% &hings # am

considering focusing on are violence, misogyny, drugs, money, etc% # want to emphasie how the

rap music that is popular now is a sub*genre, stemming from what producers thin$ will sell% &he

stereotypes from rap music now are nothing new, they stem from the days of America’sestablishment and stereotypes bac$ then%

.ey /ources found so far 

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MLA Citation Type of Source What does the source offer?

R0B+11+*2#1, 2uillermo, and

Amanda Moras% 3Blac$ Women and

Blac$ Men in Hip Hop Music4

Misogyny, 5iolence and the

 6egotiation of 7White*+wned8/pace%3 9i:;ournal of <opular

=ulture9!i: >%@ 7(@84 @@)*%

9i:/<+R&"iscus with -ull&et9!i:% Web% ' 6ov% (@%

Academic ;ournal brief history of rap music,

representations of blac$ men and

women in music, impact of white

 people’s interpretations of violent

lyrics

White, Miles% African AmericanMusic in 2lobal <erspective 4 -rom

;im =row to ;ay*C 4 Race, Rap, and

the <erformance of Masculinity%

=hampaign, #1, D/A4 Dniversity of#llinois <ress, (@@% <roEuest

ebrary% Web% ' 6ovember (@%

Boo$   blac$ masculinity and the politics ofracial performance, whiteness and

new masculine desire, rise of

gangster rap

.itwana, Ba$ari% &he Hip Hop2eneration4 Foung Blac$s and the=risis in African American =ulture%

 6ew For$4 Basic =ivitas, ((%

Music +nline4 African American

Music Reference% Web% ' 6ov% (@%

Boo$ new blac$ youth culture, race war