To follow along with the music in this episode, check out the Louder Than A Riot playlists on Apple Music and Spotify. Click here to read more from hosts Rodney Carmichael and Sidney Madden on how the double standard became hip-hop's standard. See all of Simon Says by Megan Thee Stallion’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions. Fever is the third and debut commercial mixtape by American rapper Megan Thee Stallion, released on May 17, 2019, via 300 Entertainment and 1501 Certified. This season on Louder Than A Riot we're looking into the unwritten rules of rap that are holding the culture back. Three 6 Mafia, Juicy J (1999) Read the lyrics. And now is the time to have that conversation. Although this isn't the first time a Black woman in hip-hop has spoken out about abuse, Megan's day on the stand revealed the level of mistreatment Black women must endure in hip-hop - and in America.Īt this point, Bailey says, "If you're denying misogynoir, then you're just denying reality." The reality is that hip-hop has been denying misogynoir for 50 years. In this episode, the first of our new season, we read between the lines and lies of hip-hop's most divisive trial to date with Louder Than A Riot's Senior Producer Gabby Bulgarelli and examine the roots of rap's misogynoir with the creator of the term, sociologist Moya Bailey. Simon says put your hands on your feet, ayy. Simon says put your hands on your knees, ayy. Yeah, hey, ayy (Mafia) Chorus: Megan Thee Stallion Simon says put your hands on your hips, huh. Im the one walkin away when your mouth is full of nut. Simon says put your hands on your hips, huh. After taking home three awards, the boy band members put on their best. No, I’m not that nigga that be hugged up with your butt. Parlor Games: The hook of Simon Says mimics a game of Simon Says, and makes it about twerking. We are left with so many questions: Has the culture really changed? Is this verdict really a resolution? What will it take to make Black women feel safer in hip-hop? What is clear is that the force being weaponized in the courtroom was the same thing that fueled all of the online hatred: misogynoir, or the sexist prejudice that Black women and people read as Black women face. Megan Thee Stallion and her former record label 1501 Certified Entertainment. And no matter how you saw the case, the rifts online reveal how deep those tensions run in hip-hop. Megan grew up in Houston's South Park neighborhood with her mother, Holly Thomas, grandmother and. Upon winning the GRAMMY for Best Rap Album for To Pimp a Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar thanked those that helped him get to the stage, and the artists that blazed. But the words of Megan's tearful testimony and what is now her almost three-year fight to be believed is somehow still a subject of debate in the culture. Megan Thee Stallion was born as Megan Jovon Ruth Pete on February 15, 1995, in San Antonio, Texas. Tory was found guilty of assaulting Megan and now awaits sentencing. Tory Lanez was facing more than 20 years in prison on charges of shooting fellow rapper Megan Thee Stallion, and the internet was intensely divided: You were either pro-Tory or pro-Megan, and there was nothing else to say about it. In December 2022, one of the biggest trials of the year unfolded in LA.
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