The Pop Star Of Hip Hop Sensation - 1150 Words

Hip-hop sensation Nicki Minaj and Lady Gaga are two exemplary American artists that appear to be making potentially feminist statements about female independency, beauty norms and female sexuality. Lady Gaga is a pop star but she also calls herself as a performance artist. She emphasizes and cherishes the visual images and costumes on stage. This essay’s focus on Nicki Minaj and Lady Gaga’s characteristic that they both are feminist pop star. They look at things from the perspective of progressive women and express in their own ways. Their colours aren’t one off its commonly seen in their oeuvres. In particular this essay will look at the relationship between their music videos, interviews and lyrics and feminism. Feminism is a political†¦show more content†¦Ã¢â‚¬ËœAnaconda’ has raised both eyebrows and voices as branding the blatant female sexuality as ‘porn’ in judgments like booty shaking. It is different as it doesn’t defame other criticized groups to make a point about feminism and the power of women. On the contrary, as a black woman, Nicki Minaj especially uses the song mainly for the empowerment of other black women, something already possible in the title and backing track, based on Sir Mix-A-Lot’s 1992 hit ‘Baby Got Back’, a song originally embodies black women and their bodies. Minaj converts the song through their femininity by making it about black women and their empowerment. Minaj’s gestures and lyrics seem to empower. The dancers, also black women, are on balance with Minaj, in video both physically composite and use the dancers as props and extras. She refers ‘skinny women’ in the club got nothing on w omen which tells ‘don’t miss meals’ , throughout the video Minaj consistently address body types and sizes suggesting that she eats well, works out hard, loves her curves and booty. In ‘Anaconda’, Minaj absolutely overthrow the Sir Mix-A-Lot’s ‘Baby Got Back’ original tone and taking black woman’s body approved and subject to the â€Å"satisfaction of those men and reclaims it for herself and women like her†. It also manages to do this without discriminating against people who â€Å"perpetuate racism and misogyny or oppressors†, such as the white feminists who further objectify â€Å"women of colour†. Instead, the song and video