Mission Statement

The cultural myth I have decided to explore is Masculinity within hip hop. Specifically the origins of the Hyper Masculinized persona demonstrated within the mainstream culture and its effects on the Perception of masculinity to the primary consumers of Hip Hop, young white men. The small confines of masculinity are kept in place by an appropriated culture that has barriers aimed at maintaining a false Racist Binary. This false binary has septic values that promote violence against women, and reckless abandon for money chasing. It labels any out pouring of emotion as weakness, and allows for manhood to be maintenance of appearance not rooted in reality. As popular the lyrics of Atmosphere song Like today say “we teach them to make a fist but not to resist”.