The music industry is one of the largest industries in the world. From the rawness of hip hop and the sensual sounds of R&B. To the funky and upbeat sounds of pop and the toe tapping rhythm of country. Music plays a big part in everyone’s life. Everything you see or hear is considered music, because music is life. In the past, women haven’t always been very big in this industry, but today that has officially changed. No matter what genre of music you listen to, women are taking over the music industry.
For example, Taylor Swift is considered the pop icon of 2015. Her style transitioned from sweet and innocent to fabulous and smoking hot. Since Taylor Swift began her music career she has won over 200 music awards. Taylor is the perfect role model for girls all over the world. She supports many charities and foundations, and in her latest music video, Wildest Dreams, all of the proceeds went towards the wild animal conservation efforts. Taylor Swift is bigger than she has ever been, and with her beautiful besties and die hard Swifties supporting her, she can only get bigger.
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Nicki Minaj is the biggest hip hop artist in 2015. From her eccentric Harajuku Barbie style to her sexy yet slightly inappropriate anaconda style, Nicki has truly taken over the hip hop nation. In her years being with the Young Money Cash Money crew, Nicki has won over 90 music awards. Although she isn’t the ideal role model parents would want their kids to be like, Nicki loves to give back to her community. She always inspires others to follow their dreams. Nicki Minaj has had huge success in the hip hop world, and with her man Meek Mill, the Young Money crew, and her Barbz and Kenz behind her, she will continue to rule the hip hop
The white community has become some of the biggest fans and supporter of black rappers. We can take into account the success of Ms. Nicki Minaj herself. She is a platinum selling artist who has a diverse fan base selling out shows around the world. Nicki Minaj has let her talent build an empire for her. When watching clips from her shows on TV we see both white and black women standing side by side single along as Nicki Minaj
Aaliyah could 've been standing still as one of the most known pillars of R&B if she 's alive today. The untimely demise of this very talented artist has been so infected it brought the rise of women dominating a man-saturated genre. Truthfully, the thick voice, the always-on-beat dance moves and the sheer passion in singing made Aaliyah a superstar of her generation. Despite the fact that she 's been missing since 2001, the presence and musical mark that Aaliyah has left to serve as inspiration to a various lot of rising stars and her tracks are far well-remembered as sound tracks of modern relationships, young love and heart-wrenching separations. There are no words to explain how badly the current music industry needs an Aaliyah right now and all we can do is to succumb to the truth that she 's never coming back and her legacy is all that we can hold on to.
1997 was the year that hip hop felt a tremendous impact from female MC's. While a soulful B-girl from Dallas, Texas name Erykah Badu would shake the genre up in the first quarter of the year with her debut album "Baduizm," another female MC, coming straight out of Virginia, would follow right behind her in the second quarter. Like Ms. Badu, this female rapper's debut would go on to receive acclaim from music critics by not being timid to step outside of the box. That artist is none other than hip hop legend Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliot & 20 years later her debut album "Supa Dupa Fly" is still considered as one of the most unique hip hop albums in history. There are many factors as to why "Supa Dupa Fly" is one of the most unique hip hop albums
Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott (1971-present) has sold over seven million records in the United States and has won five Grammy awards since her rap career began in the early 1990’s. “No female rap artist paralleled the success of Missy Elliott, neither during her reign nor before” (Birchmeier 2016). Elliott rose to fame among fans of nearly all ages, races, genders, and cultural backgrounds because of her original beats, lyrics, vocals and music videos that demonstrate true feminine wit, style, and showmanship. Her uniquely bold form of confident sexuality and self-acceptance coupled with a strong will, musical genius and hard work challenged the status quo of women and accomplished the unexpected in the formerly male dominated industry of rap
Carrie Underwood may be an amazing country singer and now she is speaking out about her time on American Idol. Underwood got her start on the show, but she is admitting that it was actually a very scary situation for her. Carrie is a girl from a small town in Oklahoma and this was a huge change for her. Yahoo actually shared what Carrie Underwood had to say about it all and how it was "horrifying" to her dealing with all of it. Carrie spoke out to Parade Magazine recently about the show that changed her life.
Kanye West is our Elvis Presley. Much like how Elvis altered and spread rock n’ roll, Kanye West has laid the foundation for modern hip-hop. When I say Kanye West, you think of narcissism and ego and god-complex. You think of him taking to the stage to say that George Bush “doesn’t care about black people” at a Hurricane Katrina relief broadcast. You think of the 2009 VMA’s where he famously interrupted Taylor Swift.
Following its birth, hip-hop promoted important social and political causes. Hip-Hop artists utilize their lyrics and videos to convey messages to their audiences. It has become common today to dismiss the impacts women have made on the hip-hop culture. Nevertheless, men have not only used hip-hop to promote important causes but also females. Since it's beginning Queen Latifah has used hip hop to promote issues important to females to an audiences who do not traditionally view females as significant leaders.
The queen of hip-hop – formally known as Queen Latifah was born on March 18, 1970 in Newark, New Jersey. Born as Dana Elaine Owens to Lance and Rita Owens, Latifah encountered a portion of her professional name (Latifah) from her cousin of Muslim heritage at an early age, Latifah meaning “sensitive” and “delicate” in the Arabic language. Queen Latifah – as we may all know her as is one of the most well respected women in the industry; she has had a strong impact on the African American society as well as a variety of other ethnicity groups – from starring in hit films, being one of the most talented women MCs to being the talk show host of her own television show, the QUEEN has definitely impacted the women media society robustly. During her college career Latifah adopted her now well-known name Queen Latifah, and linked up with Afrika Babaataa’s Native Tongues in which she sought her positive Afrocentric awareness to hip-hop.
MC Lyte is a Hip-Hop legend , she exemplifies the true meaning of the “Golden Age of Hip-Hop”. MC Lyte is still to this day a visible force in Hip-Hop music, Hip-Hop culture, Hip-Hop youth, and various other aspects. From the very beginning of her rap career in the late 1980s, she let it be known that she is not “Paper Thin” and she can stand strong amongst the male-dominated rapping scene during that time. MC Lyte is more than just a female rapper, she is a international speaker, DJ, icon, Hip Hop veteran, entrepreneur, and author. All of these nouns describe “one of the most prolific and well-respected female Hip Hop artist of all time” (“Get Lyte Now”).
Aspiring Rapper: J.Cole “I always feel like there are two key ingredients when it comes to following your dreams, one, making something happen that the average person deems difficult. Honestly, if you truly believe it, that’s step one. Step two, is, you know, the hard work that goes along with it.” Jermaine Lamarr Cole, known to many as J. Cole, spoke these words in an interview in 2015 when asked about his determination and work ethic. As a rapper, artists have the ability to express his or her true emotions in their music and the opportunity to influence a generation in a lyrical and unique way.
As a result, the black women fans of Kanye West are going to become affected once and for all. For sure, they're going to be emotionally affected after hearing this. Nicki Minaj feels that it's time for others to become aware of Kanye's truth about launching the "Gold Digger" music. We all know that black women are equal to white women when it comes to beauty, intelligence and dedication to love one another. The only difference is that they're "black", and men are just attracted more to "white"
Royalty cant buy you loyalty, tell me if I lose everything would you be over me? Hip-Hop, according to Dictionary.com is defined “The popular subculture of big-city teenagers, which includes rap music, break dancing and graffity art. Kodak Black, Kevin Gates and Lil Uzi Vert greatly contributes to this genre. Kodak Black greatly contributes to Hip-Hop. According to Wikipedia.org, Kodak Black’s music is frequently about “previous and future criminal misdeeds”, and he stated that he’s been influenced by rapper Boosie Badazz and Chief Keef.
Abstract Taylor Swift has been marked by her many fans as an icon of feminism and empowerment. Inspiring girls on how their own experiences and personal truths are something worth singing about. Illustrating what she claims to be female empowerment through ‘squads’ and award speeches. With the rapidly increasing influence of mainstream media, it is imperative to highlight how big icons such as Taylor Swift are manipulating and being manipulated by the masses, society and the market itself for profit and personal gains.
Hip hop culture was embraced worldwide, it created loyal fans to hip hop and also those despise it. The question is who has embraced it and why it's important to them. For example, in Chengdu China hip hop circled the media in 2017 and it exploded with many young people lining up to see their favourite hip hop artist in music festivals or in night clubs. In the article With
¨If Hip Hop has the ability to corrupt minds, it also has the ability to uplift them.¨ Hip hop music, also called rap music, is a music genre developed in the United States by African Americans consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted. Mainstream hip hop culture is also filled with misogyny and negative images of women. These artists are unaware that sexism has been forced onto them through the brainwashing from the media, which is controlled by a patriarchal society. Conversely, feminism is the belief that both genders should have equal power.