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Summary Of Hip Hop's Betrayal Of Black Women

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From the essay "Hip-Hop's Betrayal of Black Women," activist, writer, and librarian Jennifer McLune expresses her disgust on the positions African-American women receive in both songs and music videos from the hip-hop music genre. McLune points out that hip-hop is successful due to a lot of objectifying of women. She even lays out enough examples as to how black women are degraded and explains why the music industry is in desperate need of a change. In the article "Hip-Hop's Betrayal of Black Women," Jennifer McLune explains on how the misrepresentation African-American women get from the hip-hop genre is not only harmful towards women, but also towards the black community. She does not only point out that many male rap artists sexualize
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