Styles and Behaviors: Then and Now

Picture it:1990, twenty-two years ago, rappers are dressed in loose-fitting clothing. Yes, some of them did have chains, such as Biggie Smalls, TuPac, and others, but it is kept to a minimum. Their lyrics are about life and making it in America or their successes. They talked about women with respect, and appreciated them as a whole. The female singers of that day, like Queen Latifah, Ashanti, & Aaliyah,  wore clothes that were barely revealing. They actually had a talent for singing, and when they performed live, it was the same as on their CD. They made you realize that you must know how to sing to be a pop star.

How is it now you ask? Rappers still dress the same, but their lyrics are about exploiting women and making money as well as getting high. They think women are there for sex and to cater their every wish. They seem to forget that they came from a woman and that each of them deserves the same respect as if it were their mother. The female singers nowadays? They wear clothing so tight you can practically see their veins. Most of their singing is autotuned and when they sing live your ears start to bleed (excluding the following: Alicia Keys, Adele, Mariah Carey, Jennifer Hudson, etc). They make you think that you don’t really need talent to become a star anymore, you just have to be really pretty.

Why does this matter you ask? Well for one, our generation’s men are steadily having a decline of respect towards women and girls. They throw rude comments toward them and disrespect them. If this “accepted” change continues, it will only get worse. Our “celebrities” will increasingly be people who have no real talent in the first place. The term “role model” will have no meaning and the wrong people will be categorized as “role models”. Our generation and future generations will start to fall apart, but we can save them if we change all of these “accepted” tendencies. So who’s with me? Again I say the comment box is open and I will read all comments.