Recently, I've noticed the amount of "black" female singers and rappers performing nearly naked. Now, don't get me wrong, I love to see God's most beautiful piece of art just as much as the next man does. But when I look at the amount of naked females on stage and in music videos, I begin to notice the unparalleled differences as it pertains to different cultural experiences.
When we think about country music, rock music, even some non-urban pop music, one would be hard pressed to find a female singer with her ass out and literally turning her back to the crowd and then bend over to show all of her assets for all to see. For the most part, the aforementioned genre's are somewhat protected from that type of behavior thus making those that partake in the music to come off as more civilized and less savage.
The situation has gotten so bad that even older "black" female performers are even getting into the act. That's right, female singers and rappers that were somewhat successful in the late to early 2000s are now performing with their asses out in front of thousands. The sad part about the situation is I don't believe that the older performer have to subject themselves to such deplorable actions to sell concert tickets. At this point, their core audience are more mature and in all honesty never really had to see their stars in this manner anyway.
The reason that we are seeing more and more young "would be stars" on stage "damn near naked" is simple. They believe and have been told that to have success in the music business you have to shake it and show it often. With all due respect to the Megan Thee Stallions, Cardi Bs, and The Ice Spices of the world, originality is not the order of the day. In-short, the music industry is about profits over everything. When it comes to God's most prettiest piece of art (the black woman) the music game could care less regarding how she's being portrayed.
One of the things that I'm really trying to understand is the amount of female concert goers paying large amounts of money just to be subjugated by these artist's adult entertainment style of performances. I 've noticed (via a social media post) a lady wrote "I feel disrespected having to pay all of this money just to see something that I could've seen on porn hub for free". Another person wrote "this performer should've been told that she has no male fans because all I saw was women being forced to see all of this performer's private goodies".
In-closing, We can't expect the starving artist not to do what they think is going to help them get their big break. As a result, we are seeing more and more of these types of rappers and singers everyday. The record labels (in most part) are only interested in what's selling. And as long as we support these artists in any way, we will continue to see this type of behavior. Also, when we hear a song over and over via the radio and other musical outlets a form of (subliminal) brainwashing occurs to the listener. The real trick is in the views one gets from you watching. I believe that just about any man will stop swiping their social media tread when they see a half naked booty shaking video. As a result, the music industry can then say that the people want this style of music. Until next time, have some fun and get something done.
-Hiram Akeem