California Senate Honoring Hip Hop and Dr. Dre Despite History of Violence Against Women

California Globe ^ | August 13, 2023 | Katy Grimes

[artichokegrower]

The California Senate will be honoring the 50th anniversary of hip hop Monday, and particularly West coast hip hop. The Legislature regularly honors cultural events as well as myriad leaders each year. But this one has a blemish.

Sen. Steven Bradford (D-Los Angeles) authored Senate Concurrent Resolution 81 honoring hip hop for 50 years of groundbreaking music and style, and names famous hip hop stars Run-DMC, Queen Latifah, and LL Cool J, Salt-N-Pepa, and hip hop artists from California such as Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg.

Tupac Shakur was murdered in a driveway shooting in 1996

[artichokegrower]

He picked her up by her hair and “began slamming her head and the right side of her body repeatedly against a brick wall near the stairway” as his bodyguard held off the crowd with a gun. After Dre tried to throw her down the stairs and failed, he began kicking her in the ribs and hands. She escaped and ran into the women’s rest room. Dre followed her and “grabbed her from behind by the hair again and proceeded to punch her in the back of the head.”

If you are a woman and a Democrat you are dumber than a sack of hammers

[EEGator]

That’s more than half of them. Repeal the 19th Amendment.

[FlingWingFlyer]

LOL! Don’t call that crap music. IT’S NOISE.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

The author is really going to pick a bone over this when you literally have a homosexual pro-pedophile serving in the state Senate named Scott Weiner?

Dr. Dre has atoned for his and publicly apologized.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Tupac had to have been embarrassed being shot in a “driveway shooting.”

[Libloather]

Relax. They did the very same thing for heavy metal, no?

[EEGator]

I was of the understanding it was on the Vegas strip…

[artichokegrower]

Then I must apologize for thinking that Dr Dre is a horrific pile of crap who brutalizes women and realized that he needed to protect his commercial brand. On the other hand I still think he is a cowardly pile of crap.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

I'm not saying he's a Saint. He was young working in an industry that was saddled with sex and drugs. He has apologized for this and compensated the women.

You might think he's a pile of crap, that's certainly your opinion. My opinion is that he's one of the greatest musicians and producers of all time (He actually uses live instruments and singers in his work, yeah, I know you don't care, rap is crap, blah blah blah)

[FES0844]

Bring back Doo Wop!

[Dilbert San Diego]

It does seem surprising to me, that someone on a conservative site like this likes rap , but you’re entitled to your opinion.

[No name given]

The 19th amendment shouldn’t have even been passed.

[No name given]

Indeed.

[frank ballenger]

Misogyny in Rap Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misogyny_in_rap_music

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5 Hip-Hop Songs that Promote Mistreatment of Women

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Dec 24, 2017 — Hip-hop music continues to promote physical abuse towards women.

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Hip Hop
Common misogynistic themes include the use of derogatory names such as “bitch” and “ho” (derived from whore), sexual objectification of women, legitimization of violence against women, distrust of women, the belittling of sex workers and glorification of pimping.

[Secret Agent Man]

The violence they spewed at white people and cops was celebrated, however.

[artichokegrower]

Dr Dre lyrics:

“All you n-as out there, Take your guns that you using to shoot each
other
And start shooting these b-h-ass
mother-f-king police. That’ll impress a mother-f-king n-a like
me.”

[chajin]

It does seem surprising to me, that someone on a conservative site like this likes rap , but you’re entitled to your opinion.

Choosing to like a particular genre of music is a matter of taste, says the modicum musicologist.

That being said, the messages of rap have expanded over the last decade or so, as performers from MAGA-right (Stoney Dudebro) and Christian (E-knock, Flame) are making their mark alongside the "usual suspects" of rap. As a definite middle-to-highbrow in classical and quality non-classical music it is not necessarily my cup of matcha, but I am impressed by the message.

[Sacajaweau]

Always thought hip hop was junk

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Here's the thing about rap music: It has made blacks into millionaires and celebrities. Conservatives should embrace that aspect of it. I'm not talking about the music, I'm talking about the business side of it. It has generated tons of down-jobs, things like security, fashion, movies, restaurants, nightclubs, and has made electronics better.

[artichokegrower]

Mada a,lot of black men dead

List of murdered rap artists :

Name Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of death Ref.
3-2 November 10, 2016 44 Houston, Texas, U.S. Shooting [62]
Adán Zapata June 1, 2012 21 San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico Shooting [51]
AKA February 10, 2023 35 Durban, South Africa Shooting [88]
Archie Eversole April 5, 2022 37 Decatur, Georgia, U.S. Shooting [81]
Bad News Brown February 11, 2011 33 Montreal, Quebec, Canada Unspecified violence [49][50]
Bankroll Fresh March 4, 2016 28 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Shooting [61]
Big Hawk May 1, 2006 36 Houston, Texas, U.S. Shooting [42]
Big L February 15, 1999 24 New York City, U.S. Shooting [25][26][27]
Blade Icewood April 19, 2005 28 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. Shooting [39]
Camoflauge May 19, 2003 21 Savannah, Georgia, U.S. Shooting [34]
Charizma December 16, 1993 20 Milpitas, California, U.S. Shooting [11][12]
Chinx May 17, 2015 31 New York City, U.S. Shooting [60]
Danny “D-Boy” Rodriguez October 6, 1990 22 Dallas, Texas, U.S. Shooting [9][10]
Depzman September 21, 2013 18 Birmingham, England Stabbing [56]
DJ Uncle Al September 10, 2001 32 Miami, Florida, U.S. Shooting [29][30]
Doe B December 28, 2013 22 Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. Shooting [57]
Dolla May 18, 2009 21 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Shooting [44][45][46]
Drakeo the Ruler December 19, 2021 28 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Stabbing [79]
Einár October 21, 2021 19 Stockholm, Sweden Shooting [77]
Fat Pat February 3, 1998 27 Houston, Texas, U.S. Shooting [23][24]
Feis January 1, 2019 32 Rotterdam, Netherlands Shooting [68]
Flabba March 9, 2015 37 Alexandra, South Africa Stabbing [59]
Freaky Tah March 28, 1999 27 New York City, U.S. Shooting [28]
Half a Mill October 24, 2003 30 New York City, U.S. Shooting [35]
Houdini May 26, 2020 21 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Shooting [72]
Huey June 25, 2020 31 Kinloch, Missouri, U.S. Shooting [73]
Jam Master Jay October 30, 2002 37 New York City, U.S. Shooting [31]
JayDaYoungan July 27, 2022 24 Bogalusa, Louisiana, U.S. Shooting [85]
Jimmy Wopo June 18, 2018 21 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. Shooting [64][65]
Kevin Fret January 10, 2019 24 San Juan, Puerto Rico Shooting [69]
King Von November 6, 2020 26 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Shooting [74]
Lele July 1, 2010 23 Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico Shooting [47]
Lil Phat June 7, 2012 19 Sandy Springs, Georgia, U.S. Shooting [52]
Lil Snupe June 20, 2013 18 Winnfield, Louisiana, U.S. Shooting [54]
Mac Dre November 1, 2004 34 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. Shooting [38]
Magnolia Shorty December 20, 2010 28 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. Shooting [48]
MC Daleste July 7, 2013 20 Paulínia, Brazil Shooting [53]
MO3 November 11, 2020 28 Dallas, Texas, U.S. Shooting [75][76]
Nipsey Hussle March 31, 2019 33 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Shooting [70]
Pacho El Antifeka June 1, 2023 42 Bayamón, Puerto Rico Shooting [89]
Paul C July 17, 1989 24 New York City, U.S. Shooting [8]
Pavlos Fyssas September 18, 2013 34 Keratsini, Greece Stabbing [55]
PnB Rock September 12, 2022 30 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Shooting [86]
Pop Smoke February 19, 2020 20 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Shooting during home invasion [71]
Proof April 11, 2006 32 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. Shooting [40][41]
Sabotage January 24, 2003 29 São Paulo, Brazil Shooting [32][33]
Scott La Rock August 27, 1987 25 New York City, U.S. Shooting [7]
Seagram July 31, 1996 26 Oakland, California, U.S. Shooting [14][15]
Sidhu Moose Wala May 29, 2022 28 Mansa, Punjab, India Shooting [82]
Smoke Dawg June 30, 2018 21 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Shooting [66]
Snootie Wild February 27, 2022 36 Houston, Texas, U.S. Shooting [80]
Soulja Slim November 26, 2003 26 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. Shooting [36][37]
Stretch November 30, 1995 27 New York City, U.S. Shooting [13]
Takeoff November 1, 2022 28 Houston, Texas, U.S. Shooting [87]
The Jacka February 2, 2015 37 Oakland, California, U.S. Shooting [58]
The Notorious B.I.G. March 9, 1997 24 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Drive-by shooting [20][21][22]
Trouble June 5, 2022 34 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Shooting during home invasion [83]
Tupac Shakur September 13, 1996 25 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Drive-by shooting [16][17][18]
VL Mike April 20, 2008 32 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. Shooting [43]
XXXTentacion June 18, 2018 20 Deerfield Beach, Florida, U.S. Shooting [63]
Yaki Kadafi November 10, 1996 19 Orange, New Jersey, U.S. Shooting [19]
Young Dolph November 17, 2021 36 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. Shooting [78]
Young Greatness October 29, 2018 34 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. Shooting [67]
Zayar Thaw July 23, 2022 41 Yangon, Myanmar Capital pu