Though he sold a lot of records, he won’t go down in history as a rap legend. ![]() Just like the rest of us.Īside from Tip Drill, Nelly is also best known for being the forerunner in hip hop’s commercialization with pop hits like “Ride Wit Me”, “Hot in Herre”, and “Pimp Juice" Dropped a track or, even better, a conscious, profanity-free mixtape artistically expressing what I just explained here.īut, as I said earlier, Nelly is just another passenger on a tightly-run ship who is trying to get his slice his own way. Nelly COULD have been a Hip Hop martyr and spoke out against the misrepresentation of black women. Nelly COULD have addressed the ladies of Spelman U if he knew prior to his visit that there would be a boycott concerning his integrity and the nature of his video (not sure if he knew or not – feel free to check me on this) There are some things he could have done. Or, how about photographer Terry Richardson who is a registered sex offender, has been ridiculed by several famous models, and still shots covers for Vogue.īut, as I said earlier, Nelly isn’t completely off the hook. ![]() (Nicki Minaj also refers to herself as Roman Zo-lansky, which I find disturbing as hell). Yet we still praise the films of Roman Polansky, a noted child molester who fled the country to avoid arrest. (i Hope) none of the ladies left without pay.Īnd, as of yet, none of the ladies have come out and spoke of mistreatment and abuse on set. None of the ladies were forced for perform. None of the ladies in Tip Drill were held on set without consent. THEN it became the poster for hypersexualization of black women in the media.Ī bigger and more relevant conversation is the shit we dont see, the little girls sold into human trafficking, the correlation between prostitution and unemployment rates, the underhanded police deals that allow these criminal acts to thrive. However, when Nelly documented this activity and it gained a lot of attention, then it became a problem. As you read this, somewhere in the world is a party where women are busting it wide open for dollars like the ladies in the Tip Drill video. Every weekend, the doors of Stadium nightclub, one of the nation’s top strip joints in DC, are flooded with gentleman and ladies all ogling over voluptuous women dancing on stage. My argument for hanging up the Tip Drill crutch is my same argument for why porn is legal and prostitution is outlawed: It only sparks a conversation when it’s visible. Although Pebbles had no idea that three hot chicks in baggy clothes would get as much hype as it did, everyone and their mama knows that Sex is the biggest, oldest, and richest industry on the planet. Their sole responsibilities are to be the faces of a marketable idea. If there’s one thing you can take away from the new TLC Movie – besides Lil Mama’s surprisingly fantastic performance – it’s that musicians are just passengers on a tightly run ship. We aren’t placing enough of the burden on these industries that control and survey all of the information we receive. If you want to keep a tree from growing, attack the roots, not the fruit. Nelly isn’t 100% innocent but he is definitely not the source of the misogyny in hip hop. Not entirely,especially in the age where twerk team videos get more hits than news segments on police brutality. Is Nelly responsible for its hundred thousand YouTube hits and increasing popularity over the past decade? BET is responsible for its content and its rotation. ![]() His record label is in charge of distributing artist products.ĭid Nelly call BET Uncut several times a week begging them to play Tip Drill?ĩ5% sure that was not the case. Was Nelly responsible for the distribution of Tip Drill or, for that matter, any of his videos? All jokes aside, if we analyze how the entertainment industry works, we would understand that attacking Nelly will not solve the problem. In fact, I was more appalled by the uncut version of Ludacris’ “Pussy Poppin on a Hand Stand” video. We are still reminded of the infamous credit card swipe and we still crucify Nelly as though he is solely responsible for the hypersexualization of black women in hip hop.īut, I would argue that Nelly is NOT hardly responsible. To this day, whenever there is an argument discussing hip hop and its exploitation of women, particularly black women, the Tip Drill is still the main point of contention. Nelly remarked that he wanted to “kick somebody’s ass.” The drive was in support of of his older sister who lost her battle with leukemia a year later. The interview discussed Nelly’s reaction to a boycott led by Spelmen students in 2004 when Nelly visited the campus for a bone marrow drive. Last week I watched an interview on Huff Post Live with Nelly.
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