I hear a lot of people accusing hip-hop for being the source for much of the racism, sexism, and misogyny in America, but having studied some classes in music history, I would say that hip-hop didn’t create the racism, sexism, and misogyny we have today; it reflects pre-existing racism, sexism, and misogyny. Hip-hop is basically people who spring primarily from America’s urban poor darkly satirizing the evil things with which white, middle and upper class men are associated. As a white, middle class guy, I don’t like being reduced to the stereotype of “What can I do with my crotch or my cash?” All in all, hip-hop boils down to a matter of art imitating life and life imitating art. If we improve our image as non-racists, non-sexists, and non-misogynists, hip-hop artists probably won’t satirize us middle classmen anymore.
