https://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/media-magazine/articles/16789
“Young men from ethnic
minorities are the main social group represented in both films. Each film has a
young black male protagonist: Rocket in City of God and Hubert in La Haine. The
American 'hood' film sub-genre often has a character that is trying to reject a
life of crime and escape the trappings of the 'hood' in which he lives (see
also Boyz N The Hood and Menace II Society)”
“Women
are under-represented in both these films, and often portrayed in a negative
light. They are both very masculine stories with little time for female
characters. La Haine, for example, has been accused of:
Ignoring
women and for importing the violence and nihilism of American gang movies
Stafford,
2000”
"These
kinds of images of young people are unfortunately typical of much news media
coverage. A 2005 IPSOS/MORI survey found that 40% of newspaper articles
featuring young people focused on violence, crime or anti-social behaviour; and
that 71% could be described as having a negative tone. Research from Brunel
University during 2006 found that television news reports of young people
focused overwhelmingly either on celebrities such as footballers or (most
frequently) on violent crime; while young people accounted for only 1% of the
sources for interviews and opinions across the whole sample."
- male sexual dominance, with women framed as objects and denied any agency or their own gaze
- images of crime and violence, referenced in lyrics, video narratives and shown through mise-en-scène
- self-aggrandisement, shown through body language and reinforced with low-angle shots and close-ups”
“This stereotype grew from the
rise of gangster rap in the late 1980s, most notably through artists such as
N.W.A. (the group which launched the careers of Ice Cube and Dr. Dre) and
Ice-T, both of whom flaunted their criminal backgrounds and took a
confrontational approach to authority, along with their aggressive posturing.”
“This representation remained the dominant
stereotype throughout the 1990s and 2000s, as artists like Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg
and 50 Cent both adhered to the same stereotype and were portrayed using much
of the same language. Common conventions of hip-hop videos and publicity images
for the period include:
- a
fixation on money and wealth, shown through diamond jewellery, expensive cars
and flaunted cash
https://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/media-magazine/articles/16057
“50's image is overtly sexual,
his torso revealed, his pelvis jutting archly above his low slung trousers a
flamboyant display of potentially explosive testosterone. His good looks slay
the ladies (bitches and hoes) who drape themselves over him, willing and able whenever
he wants them; but, as he puts it 'she wants to be wifey - u uh not likely'.
This black male is the stereotypical commitment-phobia and hustler, the latest
in a long line of black outlaws, stretching back through Ice T to Shaft and
beyond.”
“The hustling, pimping and
hoeing are all part of a carefully controlled image designed to sell as many
records as possible, to excite, scare and enrage middle America, and maybe -
just maybe - to register with under-privileged black kids (if they haven't
cottoned onto the whiff of a sell out).”
https://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/media-magazine/articles/16379
“This shrewd manipulation of
identity and performance helped Eminem successfully overcome the 'Vanilla Ice
syndrome' to become a white rapper respected in the black-dominated world of
hip-hop. In fact, Eminem's embracing and manipulation of his 'whiteness' helped
him become one of hip-hop's elite.”
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