Lauryn Hill, one of the greatest female rappers, in the song "Doo Wop (That Thing)" rhetorically appeals to the men and women, especially in the music industry, and their straying priorities. The purpose of the song is to appeal to her female audience to not sexualize themselves nor stand for the mistreatment they endured by men in order to reach the top. Additionally, she appeals to her male audience to be right within through pure intentions, especially towards women. However, Lauryn Hill releases this song not to judge her audience but to express the predicament she's experienced and to warn those that in the end losing one's self and their pride is not worth the success. The toxicity between men and women regarding success had gone by far too long, and …show more content…
To start off, Lauryn appeals to the audience's sense of shame by addressing the path of men and women and advising them to stay on the right course. For women, Hill calls out a portion of the female population for sexualizing themselves to get the attention of men through exemplification. She sings, "Plus, when you give it up so easy, you ain't even foolin' him" (Hill 14-15). Hill bluntly says that when a woman easily gives into the temptations of a man, not only does the woman not establish her self-worth, but it additionally shows the man her lack of self-esteem. Throughout the first half of the song, she continuously appeals to women's sense of guilt to make them come to realization and establishes the credibility of women and their legacy as 'gems' to show that treating themselves any differently is degrading. Then, for the second portion of the song, Lauryn Hill dedicates the lyrics to men; specifically addressing the toxic masculinity within the community. Lauryn implies that men often follow the trend of sexualizing and mistreating women to establish