Sexual Tone in Hip-Hop & Its Influence Script

Introduction-
Thanks for viewing this pod cast on the sexual tone in hip-hop and its influence. Sex is throughout hip-hops lyrics, videos, and artist appearances. In this presentation you will get the opinions of Kamilah a 19 year old female, James a 18 year old male, Khadijah a 13 year old female, and Wayne an older male. When people are asked who in hip-hop do you feel demean women the most, the first two names to come to mind are all to often Nelly and Lil Kim and some will say Gucci Mane. Now you will hear the opinions of the two males and two females on different pictures and song clips.

Lil Kim Photo-


This is a photo of Lil Kim at a 2001 MTV Movie Awards Red Carpet wearing nothing but jeans and flowers covering her nipples.
After looking at this photo what influence do you think it has on young women?
(Response from Kamilah)

Lil Kim Song Clip-
The clip you are about to hear is a song by Lil Kim called “The Jumpoff”.
(Clip Played)
Okay Khadijah after hearing this song and being a 13 year old young lady, what is your opinion on this clip and its influence on young people your age?
(Response from Khadijah)

Nelly Photo-


This is a photo from Nelly’s Tip Drill video, showing a women with her butt to the camera and a man with a credit card to her butt.
So, James after looking at this photo, what influence do you think it has on females?
(Response from James)

Nelly Song Clip & Photo-


The clip you are about to hear is a song by Nelly called “Tip Drill” and the background photo is from the Tip Drill video with a female laying on a table with her legs open and guys throwing money at her.
(Clip Played)
So, Wayne after hearing this clip and looking at this photo what influence do you think it has on young women?
(Response from Wayne)
Gucci and Nicki Minaj Song Clip-
The clip you are about to hear is a song by Gucci Mane ft. Nicki Minaj called “Freaky Girl Remix”.
(Clip Played)
People have different opinions on how this degrades women and its influence on sex. So, Kamilah, can you give me your opinion on that clip?
(Response from Kamilah)

Resources
http://egyptsaidso.com/interviews/voletta-snaps-back-at-lil-kim/
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/hiphop/gender.htm
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