Images of Women in Hip-hop Panel (in NYC)

It's only March, but I think you can already call this a banner year for discussions on hip-hop and gender issues. I'm attending this event only to hear and laugh at Stanley Crouch.

Peep:

Images of Women in Hip Hop Panel

Tuesday, March 22 6:30-8:00 PM

Fashion Institute of Technology (F.I.T)
Katie Murphy Amphitheater
27th Street at 7th Avenue

register on-line

Essence is telling women to “take back the music” as its reporters and editors explore how denigrating lyrics and sex-saturated visuals dominate pop culture and create stereotypes influencing not only how young girls see themselves, but how black women are beginning to be perceived in other countries. Join the conversation.

• Akiba Solomon, Health Editor, Essence
• Remy Ma, Rap Artist
• Johnnie Walker, Founder, NABFEME; former SVP, Def Jam
• DJ Beverly Bond
• Jean Grae, Rap Artist
• Stanley Crouch, Writer/Critic; Author, The Artificial White Man
• Karen Hunter, Co-host, Morning Show, WWRL 1600 AM
• Thabiti Boone, Co-founder, Hip Hop Political Convention (moderator)

Co-presented with the Utopia Network

If you're coming too, let me know.

Jay is coming too.

Comments

[Bol]

Stanley Crouch will put a shoe on you.

[Shuttabug]

I wish I could be there.

Please let me know how it goes... laughs and all.

Peace,
T

[Trent]

Remy Ma and Jean Grae on the panel!!
I think a catfight might break out.

Nah, I'm only joking. This event looks cool.
But me thinks that there will be a lot of yakky-yak but no positive outcomes or solutions to come out of it.

I'm all for talking about misogyny in rap, but I would like to see direct changes to come out of these discussions.

I don't like to cry over spilled milk. Misogyny in rap has been around for years -- crying about it is not going to help. We need to change the climate of the music.

Give us a report on this panel; I like to know how all of it went down.

**Bol, man, you are too funny.**

[The Enlightenment]

I would love to be at that myself. I'd like to hear how it went.

To change the climate in hip hop, and in our communities in general, it would be good to have a group of men get together to address this issue.

We need to start respecting our mothers and sisters again.

[Ahsmi]

Can you check Stanley Crouch's chin for me?

[Donald]

The omission of Lynne is obvious and glaring ...

[jshep]

you! i tried to find you to say hello after the panel but you! were! MIA!

[Miz MJ]

It's just begun...

Feminism in Hip Hop Conference - Chicago, IL - 4/7 - 4/10/2005
http://csrpc.uchicago.edu/fhhc/conference_description.shtml

B-Girl Be Summmit - Minneapolis, MN - 4/22 - 6/13/2005
http://www.intermediaarts.org/bgirlbe.html

Calls for Female Artists:

http://blog.lib.umn.edu/archives/raim0007/RaeSpot/018247.html

http://www.rampartjuice.com/word/default.htm#*_NEW_BOOK:_CALL_FOR_FEMALE_GRAFFITI_WRITERS_*

[Nigel Clarke]

I attended the panel. It was good to see such a large amount of young women present. I was hoping that there would have been some type of action plan or resolution.