Sunday 13 October 2013

representation of 50 Cent and Jay Z videos


Hip hop presents a very rigid and narrow version of manhood - one that suggests that to be a "real man" you must be strong and tough, you must have a lot of women and money, you must always be in control, and you must always dominate women and other men.

50 Cent - This video contain lots of money, fast cars and fur coats this presents him as being very wealthy. In the video there are lots of half naked girls dancing because he is trying to show that he is a "real man" and that he is strong and dominate over the women. In his video he uses himself as a stereotype by having lots of girls around him to show his dominance over the women, also he is the only man in the video.

Jay Z - This video is very similar to the 50 Cent one because the are lots of half naked girls dancing round him, this is so that he can show that he is strong and dominant. Jay Z wants to appear dominant in he video so people think that he is a "real man" and he gets lots of girls. Also in the music video he has massive boats and lots of nice cloths to show people that he is very rich.


If you do not live up to these ideals, you will be ridiculed for not being man enough. You will be called names like "soft, weak and wimp".

50 Cent - I don't think that this statement is entirely true because they don't need girls in there videos to get views and the video should be more about the song than the girls in the video. Also videos without lots of girls in still get lots of views and no one calls them "soft, weak or a wimp".

Jay Z - Again, it is very similar to the other video because the girls in the video are not completely necessary to get lots of views and the person in the video isn't called and of the things listed in the statement above.

 


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