Rappers Are The Product Of Their “Hood”
Rap music is being unfairly challenged about it’s use of certain words, “n-word”, “bitch” and “ho aka whore”! I am not in support of these words in lyrics, but I am shocked how it has become a constitutional debate over the rights of freedom of expression!
Often, there have been lyrics in certain rap music and displays of women in rap music videos, that would make me wince at the amount of the vulgarity displayed! On the other hand, pornographic videos and prints also stir up a similar reaction, and there has not been any one able to stop porno production! And they should not!
Rap music, hip-hop and rap music videos, known to be offensive to black people, women and other groups, should be given a forum…i.e. radio station, tv station or something of that sort to allow people who want to hear that type of music can go to where they can indulge in it! Again, parents still have to be accountable for the actions of their children in a free society! Parents have to know what their kids interests are and show them that “adult” material is for “adults”!
Rappers are speaking from the “hood”. “Hood”, in the context of where you are from, is the shortened name of neighborhood! However, in the wikipedia it stands for “ghetto”.
A ghetto is an area where people from a specific racial or ethnic background and united in a given culture or religion live as a group in seclusion, voluntarily or involuntarily. The word historically referred specifically to the Venetian Ghetto in Venice, Italy, where Jews were required to live. It was later applied to neighborhoods in other cities where Jews were required to live. The corresponding German term was Judengasse; in Moroccan Arabic ghettos were called mellah. The term came into popular, world-wide use during World War II, in reference to Nazi ghettos.
The term now commonly labels any poverty-stricken urban area.
For rappers to be singled out for the expressions from their hood is placing judgment on an entire culture. As we continue on, check out this black exploitation film when you can for perspectives!
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