User:Nicolette321

Hey I'm Nic and I'm a new editor :)

-For practice I chose to edit the Offset wikipedia page and further explain the situation with his homophobic lyrics. I realized that I wrote notes about it in the wrong sandbox.

-I also added pictures of offset's public tweets about the situation.

Notes for improving The Hip Hop Feminism wikipedia page:

-maybe spruce up the leading paragraph that gives a clearer explanation of hip hop feminism?

ideas:

-homophobia in hip hop--leads to queer resistance and exposure to queer representation which leads to queer activism within hip hop.

-homophobia:

-heterosexual/normative narrative domination

-homophobic attitudes; lyrical outting and dissing of queerness.

-reaffitmation of masculinity

additions:

Queerness in hip hop:

(homophobia in hip hop):

Heteronormativity is enforced in everyday social settings and can be observed in the hip hop arena. Patriarchal masculinity adheres to expectations of heterosexuality. In mainstream hip hop, the reinforcement of masculinity and adherence to heterosexuality manifests itself in the form of homophobia, particularly in the mainstream. Blye Frank points out that gender obedience in coherence with heterosexuality and masculinity is a social product which is embedded in people's everyday lives. Frank claims that part of this gender obedience is expressed in the form of competition among men, which then often appears in the form of homophobia, discrimination and violence against men . The idea of gender obedience and adherence to masculinity which then produces homophobia, presented by Frank, can be identified in hip hop as a reoccurring theme. The use of homophobia in hip hop is then used as a tool to emphasize one's own masculinity and power. Terence Kumpf claims that gender and sex norms are recreated and reinforced in mainstream rap, while mainstream rap also uses homophobic and transphobic attitudes and lyrics to sell records. Lamont Hill describes lyrical outting as a practice in hip hop that promotes homophobia. Lyrical putting is a practice where MC's 'attack' another artist who is not queer or not openly queer, yet 'out' them by calling them gay or exposing them through the lyrics of a song or rap . The use of lyrical outting assumes queerness as a negative attribute for a person participating in the hip hop arena because of the pervasive expectations of upholding masculinity and heterosexuality. In addition to the way that lyrical outting maintains the mainstream narrative of heterosexuality in hip hop; Lamont Hill also claims that it is proof that queer identities do not comfortably fit into the hip hop world . Aside from homophobic attitudes, mainstream hip hop has had a primarily (and universal) heterosexual narrative as the messages portrayed in hip hop are often told from a heterosexual man's perspective. The domination of homophobic and heterosexual attitudes in hip hop which are still very much intact have resulted in resistance against these narratives by LGBTQ+ people who choose to participate in hip hop. These narratives have been replaced by LGBTQ+ hip hop artists that seek to empower queerness rather than shame it.