The Obsession of Sex in Hip-Hop 1 “ what are the freaks in the video for, fuck a song give me a thong, pussy galore ”- lamented rapper Black Thought about the great influence of sex in hip-hop. “it’s loud as fuck when you sleeping with the one that you hate”- Rapper Tumi Molekane’s take on the instant gratification that comes with sex. You can interpret this differently and juxtapose this with the relationship that sex has with corporations. Hip Hop hates being a concubine for corporations but it also loves the money that flows from it. This love and hate relationship is even highlighted by rap moguls who have racked millions from dealing with ‘the devil’. Sex is so ubiquitous in rap music that society is even forgetting that sex has been used before to sell music, way before hip-hop was found. Thus, rap has become the black sheep of the music family. Every social-ill under the sun is attributed to the moral bankruptcy of the music. But are the detractors justifi...
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