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A video vixen (also referred to as a hip hop honey or video girl [2]) is a woman who models and appears in hip hop-oriented music videos. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] From the 1990s to the early 2010s, the video vixen image was a staple in popular music, particularly within the genre of hip hop. [ 5 ]
Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop is an American docuseries co-produced by Carri Twigg, Raeshem Nijhon, dream hampton, [a] and Hannah Beachler.The four-part series is a comprehensive history of the role of women in hip-hop from the genre's inception to present day.
Feminist activism in hip hop is a feminist movement based by hip hop artists. The activism movement involves doing work in graffiti, break dancing, and hip hop music. [1] Hip hop has a history of being a genre that sexually objectifies and disrespects women ranging from the usage of video vixens to explicit rap lyrics.
Women are taking over hip-hop and a lot of these new artists point to Trina as the blueprint. Women are running hip-hop right now. Thank Miami rapper Trina (and Uncle Luke)
Amadou Fall Ba was the center's coordinator for 10 years, and now works with the city of Dakar on an initiative to create more public spaces for young people in an aim to make hip-hop more accessible.
In celebration of the ’50 years of Hip-Hop,’ A new documentary celebrates the origins of Baby Phat, Walker Wear, and the powerful people behind them.
In hip hop music, the term mami refers to an attractive Latina woman, typically of Puerto Rican or Dominican descent. [1] [2] There is also the emergence of the mami video vixen, who is the glamorized, hyper-sexualized version of an attractive Latina woman that is seen in rap videos. [2]
Black Entertainment Television (BET) executive Stephen Hill cited a similar reason for the elimination of the female categories by the BET Hip Hop Awards and VH1's Hip Hop Honors, [4] reflecting a lack of female representation in the hip hop music scene for several years. [3] As of 2011, the category name has not changed since 2005.