CMN 2180 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Gun Violence, Dr. Dre, Hip Hop

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 2180
• Professor: Stuart Chambers

Document Summary

Problem with males acting too feminine called them out. Problem with males not conforming to their own specific gender. 2000 becomes more pronounced, hip hop surrounded masculinity. Hard masculinity persona (tough: from the street. Sell out (mainly boy bands, commercial sell outs) Explores how it got popular amongst white suburban teens. Because he looked like them: rebellion, honesty. Gun violence, drug use in schools able to relate to. Plays well in stadiums and movie soundtracks. Wo(cid:374)"t go a(cid:374)y further did(cid:374)"t wa(cid:374)t to (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)e (cid:373)ore (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)er(cid:272)ial. Taking it too far: too aggressive, condescending. Winter of 2000, lyrical content, and controversy, album went multi- platinum. More success, the more the activists hated him. Eminem replies saying: faggot is the sign of male weakness rather than targeting the gays. Connected gay world with hip hop world. Taking it to a level that no other artist does.