In our music video we will use Danielle ad the female rapper because we are trying to challenge certain elements of female rappers. Female rappers face a challenge of competing with the male rappers because male rappers are more socially acceptable due to the fact that they are a lot more male rappers and it is not as acceptable for female rappers to sing for the same topics as man which makes female rappers very limited. Female rappers tend to dress very provocative and swear a lot more. They also tend to use a lot more of their sexuality which tends to help make them sell more records depending if they are dimmed to be good looking. Beyonce is an example of a female music artist who is well known for her body (personally that is what I have seemed to gather from all the conversation with other people).
By using their bodies now a days the female artists tend to gain more followers. An example of this would be Nicki Minaj. Although female music artists are slowly conforming to the male ideology of how they should dress and look. Because many people go by these subliminal rules it tends to be hard for people who are not to meet the standards that have been set they have a harder time breaking through into the music industry, this has also been seen over time with various people and artists.
In the 80’s we had Milli Vanilli a famous group who actually were exposed to be lip syncing when their song skipped looped while performing on a live MTV show in front of 80 000 fans. The German group was used by the original artists as eye candy and also a way to guarantee social acceptance. Here is a video of Milli Vanilli lip syncing to one of their “songs”.
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You are doing some interesting detailed research, Ngoni, and know how the codes and conventions have worked historically too.
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