This woman is the one who gives birth to you, and raises you from child to adult, she follows and supports you through all of your trials and tribulations, cries for your pain, celebrates for your struggles, and in many cases is the motivation to your unbridled ambition for success. She is your mother. Beleive it or not rappers have mothers as well, these unsung hero’s helped to develop and nurture the rapper that you so faithfully follow today. They toiled endlessley working everyday sometimes two jobs, to make sure that this young man had a fair chance in life. Through this developement if things are natural, he should find himself wanting a female partner who is at least somewhat similar to the image of a woman that his mother has portrayed, but in Hip Hop, this dosent happen, instead these artist look, the spitting images of their mothers in the eye, give an agressive #Kanyeshrug and greets this woman with the word Bitch.
Hip Hop in its short time as a recognized genre of music, has seen many artist walk through its doors of sucess. These artist have spoke on topics ranging from their, neighborhoods, childhood experiences, the regular hustle, current fashion trends and even their families. But one natural occurance that I have noticed in this genre that we all love so dearly, was the regularity in which women are degraded. This is not to criticize any artist, or to put a negative spotlight on any said individual, but instead it is a deeper look into what motivates the men in this industry who claim to have so much love for their birth givers. To disrespect someone who was made in the same image of their mothers. They degrade females on a constant basis, and for this reason we must ask ourselves, do rappers hate their mothers?
It is common for men to search for in their female counterpart some traits that they would find in their mother, this is understandable as she is the prime example of womanhood that any man has. So the females he interacts with, along with the ones he date will always on some level they have a relation to his mother, whether that be through physical, mental, or even emotional traits. Although it’s a bit of a stretch, the way that he addresses, or acts towards these women can be taken as a reflection of the perception of his own mother.
With that being said, Rappers proclaim undying love for their mothers, but in the very next instance, write women off as groupies, and hoes. They Swear to defend their mothers, with their own lives if they have to, but in some lyrics brag about physically abusing women, or forcing them into sexual acts. Rap mega star Jay-Z has several songs dedicated to his mother, in his album, but was a known womanizer before he married now wife Beyonce Knowles. Rappers like Drake, and Lil Wayne constantly talk about the influence of their mothers on their lives, but in the same instance brag about the amount of women they have conquered. To put things quite simply rappers preach, but never practice.
Although some people will try to excuse these actions with the idea that these women do not represent what the said rappers mothers reflected, this argument is null as all of these victims are female, just like their mothers, and if anything else have that one small trait in common. Which brings to question, why are so many rappers so disrespectful, or apathetic towards the female sex? Is this a way to express homosexual or erotic feelings towards men by lashing out at women, Is there some sort of internal resent that can only be expressed through disparraging words, and promiscuousness, and if so where does this hate stem from?
Did their mothers do something wrong to them while they were growing up, and if not what motivates them to be so disrespectful to the one thing that so many claim to adore? The most logical answer seems to be an inner hatred for their mothers and women in general, there is no other way to explain it, because their statements contradict their actions. They portray their love for women, than write them off as replacable. Proclaim devotion to their lovers, but cheat on them. Protect their daughters, but lay their hands on someone elses daughter. These examples and many more are proving points to a possible resentment, just think about it. I say everyday that I love my laptop, I do not in the next instant poor a bottle of champaign on my laptop, or use it for five minutes, get bored, call it a Bitch and purchase a new one. I dont behave this way because the Laptop has meaning to me.
So if these rappers, love their women, their sisters, and their daughters; what exactly is going on here? There is clearly a disconnect between love and hate through music and it is one that we must discuss and research to discover. But until than it is the job of you loyal fans to figure it out. What is your take on the issue?
