Learning about the dynamics of these black families living in the north it makes sense as to why rap glamorizes a certain lifestyle. Moynihan put it perfectly as to why black males seem to fail in life when he said “the cumulative result of discrimination in jobs, segregated housing and poor schooling of black males” (Moynihan, 32). All these circumstances including the feeling of failure when women are able to succeed in life both in education and employment saw black males to go on this downward spiral. These misogynistic lyrics can be traced back to this time, by talking down to women and seeing them as sex objects black males are able to portray themselves as better than women. Also because of the long history of black on black violence and …show more content…
In the results of the study it was found that in the African American community hyper masculinity can be found in sports, communities and most importantly gangsta rap. This hyper masculinity can be attributed for the toughness, pride, control and homophobia that is depicted in rap. (Pompper, 683) Also found in the study is that black males especially use binary dualism to define masculinity. This means that they use words to describe the difference of masculinity when they said, “masculine is not gay. Masculine is the opposite of what people may associate with homosexuality. You can look at a way a guy walks and can tell he’s flaming” (Pompper, 692) There are countless examples of male rappers sexually objectifying women and painting them as vengeful. Consider one of the misogynist rappers was Eazy E, a member of the group N.W.A, Eazy was known for misogynistic and violent lyrics. He incorporates both themes in his song “My Baby’z Mama” he raps about how much he hates his baby’s mother and wanting to commit violent acts against her when he said “Fuck my baby’z mama/ The bitch got drama/ And I’m not the one/ I should just