Nappy Headed Ho's

For the past few weeks critics and bandwagon jumpers have been blaming rap music for the "ills of the world." This is nothing new. Hiphop/Rap has been shun and looked at as something of an outcast since it first came about. Lets get to the most recent issue at hand "Nappy headed ho's." These are the words that have people up in arms. People are trying to connect what Don Imus said Hiphop-Rap music as the cause of this. First of lets define the word "ho" or the proper term for it "whore". Webster’s define a "whore" as: 1: a woman who engages in sexual acts for money; Prostitute; also: a promiscuous or immoral woman. 2: a male who engages in sexual acts for money. 3: a venal or unscrupulous person. (Please note #2. There are males who are "ho's")
Ok. I'm not sure what kind of fairy tale world these so called activist (most who are "for profit") and rap music bashers live in but in the "real world" these types of people do exist! I'm really shocked at home many people are upset about rappers using the term "ho" like they don't exist. Like we live in some goody to shoe world where everything is just happy go lucky and perfect. Lets just say that there's a ban put on using the word "ho". Is this going to stop women (and men) from sleeping with people for money or some kind of gain? The answer is 100% no! Prostitution/ho-ing has been around for thousands of years and will continue to be around. It has absolutely nothing to do with Hiphop-Rap music.

I recently asked female friends of mine how they feel about the term "ho" being used in rap music. 8 out of 10 of them had no issue with it. All of their responses were along the lines of they're not talking about me, they didn't direct it at me, or they didn't say my name. I'm willing to bet money that a farily large amount of African American women will give the same answers if you ask them how they feel about rappers using the word "ho". What Don Imus said was aimed directly at The Rutgers Basketball team. I’m 31 yeas old and have been listening to Hiphop-Rap music for as long as I can remember. I can't recall a song that says "all black women are ho's" or directed at a certain group of women (Ludacris is close). I have heard songs where certain individuals were named but not a particular group of women (Like Don Imus did). Ludacris "I've got ho's in different area codes". Well people whether you want to believe it or not. That probably is a true statement. There are women (and men) who will sleep with people for their celebrity status. It's just a fact of life. If Ludacris came to the city I'm located in there will be women who would throw themselves all over him willingly just because of who he is. NBA hall of fame Wilt Chamberlain (before dying) boasted that he slept with over 20,000 women. Some might see Wilt as a male whore but how many of those women do you think slept with him for his celebrity status or money? (Think about it).

Don't get me wrong all Hiphop-Rap music isn't good and there are a lot of positive rap songs but they just don't get the radio airplay or video's played. Why? Because in America violence and sex equals big bucks for corporations. Whether it be on T.V., music, or the movies. America is fascinated with sex and violence.



allhiphop.com staff put together a list of songs that I think all you hiphop-bashers should listen to.

AllHipHop StaffTHE ALLHIPHOP.COM 100
1. 2Pac “Dear Mama”2. 2Pac “So Many Tears”3. A Tribe Called Quest “Midnight”4. A Tribe Called Quest “We Can Get Down”5. Big L “How Will I Make It?”6. Big Pun “100%”7. Black Star f/ Common “Respiration”8. Blitz The Ambassador “Emmits Till”9. Bone Thugs N Harmony “The Crossroads”10. Brand Nubian “Shinin’ Star”11. Busta Rhymes f/ Stevie Wonder “Been Through The Storm”12. Camp Lo “Coolie High”13. Camp Lo “Gotcha”14. Chamillionaire “Ridin’ Dirty”15. Common “The Corner”16. Common f/ Bilal “The Sixth Sense”17. Common f/ Cee-Lo “Gaining One's Definition”18. Consequence “Da Job Song”19. De La Soul “He Comes”20. De La Soul “Stakes Is High”21. dead prez “Hip-Hop”22. Devin the Dude “Anythang”23. Diddy “Everything I Love”24. Dilated Peoples “20/20”25. DJ Jazzy Jeff f/ J-Live “Practice”26. DMX “Lord Give Me A Sign”27. Dr. Dre “Been There, Done That”28. Ed O.G. & The Bulldogs “Be a Father to YourChild”29. Gang Starr “Who’s Gonna Take The Weight”30. Geto Boys “City Under Siege”31. Ghostface Killah “Holla”32. Gnarls Barkley “Crazy”33. Hi-Tek “Music For Life”34. Immortal Technique f/ Joell Ortiz “ModernDay Slavery”35. Intelligent Hoodlum “Back To Reality”36. J Dilla “Wild”37. Jadakiss “Why?”38. Jay-Z “30 Something”39. Jay-Z “Minority Report”40. Jean Grae “Style Wars”41. J-Live “Nights Like This”42. Kanye West “Heard ‘Em Say”43. Kanye West “Jesus Walks”44. Kidz in the Hall “Don’t Stop”45. K-Os “Man I Used to Be”46. KRS-1 “My Life”47. KRS-1/Marley Marl “Kill A Rapper”48. Lauryn Hill “Everything is Everything”49. Little Brother “Lovin’ It”50. LL Cool J “I Need Love”51. Ludacris f/ Mary J. Blige “Runaway Love”52. Lupe Fiasco “Kick Push”53. Lupe Fiasco f/ Jill Scott “Daydreamin’”54. Main Source “Looking At The Front Door”55. Marco Polo f/ Masta Ace “Nostalgia”56. MC Lyte “Paper Thin”57. Mos Def “Dollar Day (Surprise, Surprise)”58. Mos Def “Umi Says”59. Mr. Lif “Because They Made it that Way”60. Murs “Murray's Law”61. Nas “Can’t Forget About You”62. Nas “If I Ruled The World”63. Nas “These Are Our Heroes”64. Nas “We Will Survive”65. Nate Dogg “One More Day”66. NYOIL “You're A Queen”67. O.C. “Time’s Up”68. Organize Konfusion “Stray Bullet”69. Outkast “Chonkyfire”70. Outkast “Liberation”71. Outkast “Ms. Jackson”72. Papoose “50 Shots”73. Pete Rock & CL Smooth “They ReminisceOver You (T.R.O.Y.)”74. Pharoahe Monch “Guns Draws”75. Pharoahe Monch “Queens”76. Proof “Kurt Kobian”77. Public Enemy “Don't Believe The Hype”78. Queen Latifah “U.N.I.T.Y.”79. Reflection Eternal “For Women”80. Saigon “Color Purple”81. Scarface “Someday”82. Scipio “Black Heroes”83. Self Scientific “Change”84. Slick Rick “Hey Young World”85. Snoop Dogg f/ Dre & D'Angelo “Imagine”86. Soul Position “Hand Me Downs”87. Souls of Mischief “’93 ‘Til Infinity”88. Styles P “I’m Black”89. Styles P f/ Talib Kweli “Testify”90. T.I. “Live In The Sky”91. Talib Kweli “Get By”92. Talib Kweli/Madlib “Happy Home”93. The Coup “Bullets and Love”94. The D.O.C. “The Formula”95. The Notorious B.I.G. “Sky’s The Limit”96. The Roots “False Media”97. The Unspoken Heard “Truly Unique”98. Trick Daddy “America”99. Wu-Tang Clan “Better Tomorrow”100. Young Buck “Slow Ya Roll”
(What the heck...let us add one more)
101. Snoop Dogg "Beautiful"



In closing what Don Imus said has nothing at all to do with Hiphop-Rap music. There is not connection what so ever. Don Imus is a 70 year white male who didn't grow up within and is not a part of the hiphop culture and was grasping for straws when he saw that he was about to be fired and decided to try to pull the "lets blame rap card" as his last efforts to save his ass.