Telling a Story

In "Black noise: rap music and black culture in contemporary America" by Tricia Rose, she explains how others view rap music and how it is in society today. Her descriptions bother me honestly. I think that the way she describes women rappers are "rare pro-women lyricists." I find that very odd when I think that most women rappers are all very strong, independent women and are certainly looked at in that way. Another thing I don’t agree with is how she describes male rappers only speak about gang life, drug dealing, or attack other males for a sense of security. I think rappers, black or white, just tell a story. Whether those things might be included in their story, they are true and that why people like them. They are interested because they can either relate, or because it is a lifestyle they know nothing about. I liked her chapter but I just think she does a lot of generalization and rappers don’t portray their lives through music to be similar to others, I think they do it to be different.