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
Wow, it looks like time is running out on entertainer and businessman Sean "P-diddy" Combs. On Monday March 26th, 2024, Homeland Security raided or infiltrated two of his homes across the United States. At the time of this article, P-Diddy's whereabouts are currently unknown. However, it is understood that his private jet was tracked online to the Caribbean Island of Antigua.
Shortly after his properties were raided TMZ reported that Diddy was spotted pacing outside of Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport. Some people are saying that he was uncomfortably waiting for a few more people to join him at the airport. At the time of that sighting, two of his children/sons can be seen via the mass-media outside of their Los Angeles home in handcuffs.
It's also reported that the Federal Police/Homeland Security showed up in a powerful and intimidating way. They could be seen riding the waves coming in across the Florida waters with guns in arms. Some said that the same could be said regarding how they showed up marching down the streets of LA. As of today, many are saying that Diddy has fled the country in an attempt to gather his thoughts and to secure his safety and freedom.
Commentary:
I've been covering the music industry for a long time. I have witnessed a lot of wild and crazy things. I've seen artists sentenced to jail, rape charges, murders and just about anything imaginable. We've seen Michael Jackson and OJ Simpson on trial, Eazy E passing away via AIDs to see Bill Cosby being locked up and freed. At this point I thought the R. Kelly thing was "crazy". But this P-Diddy thing seems to be getting worse and worse.
Many have said that Diddy should've not paid Cassey anything, thus blaming that payoff for ultimately opening up the floodgates for more accusers to come with more "sexual misconduct" and other allegations. What I find interesting, is that there's another thing that we should be focusing on as well. In-short, when it comes to entertainers and professional athletes, some behaviors and so-called traditional "groupie benefits" should have already been considered over. The days of super stars enjoying some of the "quote-unquote" special benefits while on the road, abroad or even at home is now a luxury that no-one can afford.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm aware and BELIEVE that people are raped, sex trafficked and even worst. However, we are living during some crazy times. During these times we can easily see what IG models was once just have now become independent sex workers hitting men up for private (one on one) sex-shows.
Most of these women don't consider themselves as prostitutes but will charge viewers/men for a virtual sexual encounter. Inclosing, these are some of the women that get flown out for a physical/personal encounter. At this point, regarding entertainers and athletes, these types of women are truly out for the "bag", and some will do just about anything to secure it. They would even go as far as to say that they were forced, manipulated, or even worse. Think about it. Until next time, have some fun and get something done
-Hiram D. Akeem,
Eric Bussey & Peaches Epps
When it comes to female rappers, one can say many things. The most common question would be, who is the better rapper/Mc? The most asked question (especially in the inner-city barbershops) is who is the best looking. That's right, now-a-days people (some women as well) are all lusting over the half naked/black female rapper. The female rap genre use to be beautified with strong black women empowered to move the crowd and masses with intelligence and incredible wordplay.
Back in the day, the female rapper hardly ever had to rely on her sex appeal in any way. It was her natural beauty and clever rhyme schemes that catapulted her to success. It wasn't until the emergence and ultimate success of legendary rappers like Lil Kim and Foxy Brown that changed the narrative as it pertained to what was considered a dope female Mc/rapper.
As you may or may not know, record companies are mostly interested in what artists can generated lucrative sells. So successful female rappers like Lil Kim and Foxy Brown had become the successful template of what would become the so-called modern female rapper. Let's take the female rapper Dabrat, we now know that she's a part of the LGBT community. As a real fan of her music and her, one really understood that she was "gay" or a "tomboy" at the least. In-short, we seen her having to cater to a specific record buying public by down playing her true sexuality by donning sexually suggestive apparel that would lead the general public to believe that she wasn't a part of the LGBT community. It is this type of situation that many of our female rappers have to endure, even if there not comfortable with it.
Now in 2024, female rappers like Sexyy Red, Sukihana and many others are what we could considered desensitized. The success of the naked female rapper has been going on for so long that the production of said females rappers are on auto pilot. These would be rappers are mentally conditioned to already understand how they showed dress, the things they should rap about and how to disrespect the black man. As rapper/podcast guru Joe Budden said "this current state of female rappers has come to an end". Ultimately, real female rappers can reposition themselves in the forefront of what has now become a global music. Until next time, have some fun and get something done.
-Hiram D. Akeem