Hip-hop originated in the streets of the Bronx in the late 1970s, more specifically, from the economically depressed South Bronx, which was predominantly made up of African-Americans. With the Bronx being an economically depressed area, many businesses have closed and business opportunities have shifted into urban areas. Current job opportunities required a university degree that most poor African Americans could not afford.
African-American men started looking for other professions about how to make money. As drug use increased in urban areas, men began selling drugs as a way to financially support themselves and their families. As a result, many fathers went to state prison or jail. Between 1985 and 1995, in line with the Department of Justice, the number of African-American men incarcerated for drug crimes rose 707 percent. With fathers behind bars, mothers needed both mother and father roles. Since the mother was the first caregiver, they gained tons of respect from their sons.
Through hip-hop, many of these young children began to channel their feelings about the struggles they faced because of the environment in which they grew up and their perspective on life. One of the things they often rap about is their sexual desire. Male rappers often speak very degradingly when they talk about women and view them as sexual objects. However, when hip-hop artists talk about mothers, they are highly respected and express strong love for them, seeing them as angelic or divine.
The issue of how women are seen in hip-hop who attract mothers' attention is vital because it is a mirrored image of the environment in which these artists grew up. Society and Hip-Hop culture. An excellence that has impressed young men around the world and resulted in today's youth trying to meet these standards of what it means to be a man. This ideal and therefore the standards that accompany it affect our young people. As a society, we should always care about the stereotypes that affect our children's view of the planet.
