Missing: Respect

              I called into HoolyRadio last night. They were talking about the Drake vs Common BS that I've only paid 0.2% attention to (In some cases, "beef" is best well done.) & at the end of it I felt like Hip-Hop is really a battle of respect - in your art & as a person. The rapper doesn't exist outside of the rap. It created him and he creates it. Rap is not fiction --even when it is. But at the core of it is an egotistical, masculine battle even the women take part in --Hence, "Stupid Hoe". The Hooly Radio cast reminded me of the track and I admitted I hadn't listened to it. The title didn't appeal to me. I'm neither a hoe, nor stupid, nor care to talk about people who fit those criteria. And after listening to the track... I noticed that very little about it appeals to me actually. My questions are: What are we listening to? & I don't know how long I'm going to keep asking this question but, what is Hip-Hop really? Cuz this shit here ain't shit. Or maybe it is. *shrugs* Maybe the misogyny is integral. Maybe. The degradation of women will only end after the woman has stopped degrading herself & it doesn't seem, to me, like Nicki plans on stopping. We stand beside our men as they bad talk us. Even I did it today. (I found some ass on YouTube & posted it on  Dope Sh*t for you all to enjoy. #YoureWelcome.) But we've been here the whole time. We were listening to the music right when they were...  I wonder how much input the men in her camp had in this video. Everyone was so caught up on her ass that they chose not to say, "Nicki, you can do better than this." Nicki thinks she's on top of the world because she's said no to penis, well honey... you should take a break from latex all together for a while. Develop as a person. & when you find old Nicki, show her the respect she used to ask for... wait... maybe she never did.