Response to the Question The well-known Beyoncé also known as yonce, Bee, Sasha fierce, Mrs. Carter is famous for being named Queen B by her fans, the Beyhive. Being one of the most powerful women in the music industry, Beyonce creates her own type of identity which most of her fans relate to. Beyonce expresses freedom of sexuality, equality of races and gender, the power of a mother and the power of love in all her music. (Johnson, 2014). Beyonce has developed a very unique yet famous fan culture, she is known as the Queen and her fans are known as “Beyhive”. This fan culture is very unique according to rolling stones magazine because they constantly support Beyoncé, attacking other celebrities who are against her or any accusations against …show more content…
Just last week, Kid Rock said in a Rolling stone interview “Beyonce does not have a fucking purple rain, but she is the biggest thing on Earth” (Spanos, 2015). He meant Beyoncé has not exactly had an iconic song, so why is she one of the most dominant artist. Minutes after this, the beyhive started attacking Kid rock due to his comments, they flooded all his social media accounts and said horrible things to him. They asked who he was, they also went to the extent to insult his mother, the Beyhive would attack whoever attacks Beyoncé because they have a close mutual relationship with Queen B. In contrast to Kid rock’s attack, the Beyhives also attacked the artist who won best album of the year, Beck. The Beyhive also went further to edit Beck’s Wikipedia page, writing all sorts of things. They were disappointed mostly because he was unknown and he still won the album on the year, unlike Beyoncé who is known by the whole world and released an unexpected album, bringing the whole world shock and more respect for Queen B. It is also known that Beyonce is a course being studied in school as well as her surprise album, due to her great influence and unique power of feminism (Johnson, 2014). There is also a fan art poster made to look like a $4 paper money with Beyoncé’s picture on it, the paper reads, “in Yonce we trust”. This is the slogan the Beyhive use, and this simply shows that she is like a Goddess to them because in today’s society she is the idealized perfect black woman due to her unique persona and powerful influence (Duffy et al. ,
In other words, through music, men are retaining the line that separates them from women by fortifying male supremacy. The inferior roles that were given to women have been internalized by adolescents, which studies have found to be affecting their interaction styles as well as their beliefs of gender limitations. According to the study conducted by Ter Bogt et al. (2010), women were more inclined to listen to R&B/Hip-Hop music which reinforces the idea that female adolescents are more often exposed to the normalized stereotypical gender roles in music lyrics. Although many of the modern R&B/Hip-Hop music by male artist stigmatize women, there were some that actually put forth the effort to uplift them. Wale, a well-known Nigerian-American rapper, used his lyrical creativity in “PYT” to change the standard course of hip-hop music. In the lines, “I just wanna see you shine/ nothing makes a man feel better than a woman/ Queen with the crown…” Wale talks about a woman who he labels as a Queen with her own spotlight. In this particular line, Wale goes against the norm of male-dominance and male-hierarchy as a step towards building gender equality. Within in R&B/Hip-Hop community, there seems to be an ongoing lyrical battle between actions towards retaining the norms and actions towards
The intended audience for the article is teens to mid-aged adults. The age is ranged between fourteen and thirty-five years of age. This designated age group is significant because these are the ages that people would listen to Kayne West’s music. For this audience, gender is not favored due to the fact that both boys/girls and men/women both listen to the style of music Mr. West sings. Even though not obviously acknowledged, race is part of the intended audience. Since Kayne is an African American the African American race is a fraction of the designated audience. Lastly, the middle class is also a big part of the audience. The middle class are the people who usually keep up with and care about what the celebrities have to say or what they are doing.
A fan in today’s world is usually characterized as the result of the “star system” portrayed in society due to mass media where media figures’ lives are constantly emphasized on a day to day basis. The internet and society are obsessed with news concerning celebrities, and knowing about their personal life. Today’s social media keeps fans constantly updated about celebrities, giving fans the illusion that they know everything about that celebrity and that they are connected somehow. This type of mass media has made the difference between appropriate behavior and inappropriate behavior of fans less noticeable (Lewis 11). These types of fans, the pathological fans, are also classified as the “o...
Over the course of her career, we have watched her body develop into the woman she is today. While interviewed and observing conversations of black men, I have found that the majority believe she is absolute FINE. They get excited and consider her to be sexy. If she appears on a screen all conversations cease and the men begin to drool over her beauty. They consider her to be a “real woman” Serena has been the subject of scrutiny regarding her body. Several magazines have written that she is ugly and that she looks masculine. Most of these magazines usually boast about thin white woman on their covers. Media coverage states that Serena looks like a man while Caitlyn Jenner is a beautiful masterpiece carefully sculptured woman. They believe that Caitlyn, who was born a man with male genitals, is the definition of a beautiful woman. A man-turned-woman who still has the body of a male (and of an athlete) has been glorified while a natural born woman has been insulted for her development. I believe that the majority of this issue is because of the success that Serena has
Since the early to mid 90’s, hip-hop has undergone changes that purists would consider degenerating to its culture. At the root of these changes is what has been called “commercial hip-hop". Commercial hip-hop has deteriorated what so many emcees in the 80’s tried to build- a culture of music, dance, creativity, and artistry that would give people not only something to bob their head to, but also an avenue to express themselves and deliver a positive message to their surroundings.
Audre Lorde was a woman of many facets. She self proclaimed herself a ‘black feminist lesbian poet’, a ‘forty-nine-year-old black lesbian feminist socialist mother of two”, a ‘member of an interracial couple’, and ‘your sister’ (Homans, 517). Needless to say, Lorde never confined herself to one group of people. These self-proclaimed titles were never meant to limit her, but to help her audience understand her life and relate to her. Throughout her journey, she continued to add titles to her repertoire, building her strength and experience.
A substantial influence in preserving this notion of culture as a trend comes in part from the impact of celebrity and popular culture. When discussing celebrity influence in her interview, hooks primarily discusses Madonna’s use of black culture to reproduce her image. Currently, this idea of appropriating culture to redefine a celebrity’s stardom is most associated with Miley Cyrus. In a recent interview with Vibe magazine, Timothy and Theron Thomas, the writers and producers behind Miley Cyrus’s hit single “We Can’t Stop,” discussed her new music. They stated that Cyrus had wanted something “that was urban, something that felt black (Platon),” an arguably good business move because she is now more famous than she has ever been. However, Cyrus’s new level of fame does not solely generate from hooks’ belief in America’s obsession with blackness. It also correlates with hooks’ discussion of the black woman’s experience in Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism. Black women are presumably the lowest ranking in the social system of hierarchy. Thus American consumers, who are primari...
In 2013, the self-titled visual album BEYONCÉ sold almost eight hundred thirty thousand digitally in the first three days, while her sixth number one and second visual album, Lemonade, only sold four hundred ninety thousand digitally in the first week. Although Beyoncé’s second visual album wasn’t numerically successful, both show a vulnerable, an artistic, and a controversial side of Beyoncé. Both albums have surprising visuals and stunning lyrical content with either an obvious meaning or a meaning we have yet to figure out, such as the famous line, “You better call Becky with the good hair.” (Beyoncé, “Sorry”). BEYONCÉ and Lemonade show that Beyoncé tries to better herself as an artist and make herself more vulnerable.
Hip-hop and rap music are commonly criticized for its anti-feminist lyrics and degrading exploitation of women in music and music videos. (Sharpley-Whiting ) Many feminists have taken action against the music industry, which produces these messages in the music they release. However, in the hip-hop genre there are plenty of successful female rappers promoting feminist views, artist such as Queen Latifah and Mary J. Blige have made the choice to condemn the derogatory culture towards women. (Oliver, 382–384) However others female hip-hop artist, such as Lil Kim or Rihanna, have decided to provide no resistance towards the deleterious depictions of women in their music and in turn sometimes exploit themselves. Due to her extreme fame, success, and controversial image, at the front of this discussion is female rapper Nicki Minaj. Nicki Minaj is challenging the common view of women in hip-hop by proclaiming feminist ideologies through the art of reclaiming the genres negative undertones towards women and by providing an opportunity for women to be seen as equals rather than objects.
The Beyhive encompasses a wide body of people and is extremely diverse. The only way for a person to influence millions of people all across the globe is through some sort of power. Most of Beyoncé’s power comes directly from her fans, which is an example of referent power. Referent power is hard to obtain because it involves a trustworthy connection between the followers and their leader. Once this type of power is achieved it is extremely difficult to maintain. If the followers feel that the leader is no longer looking out for their best interest, they will start to slowly decrease their affiliation with the leader. Beyoncé has strong interpersonal skills that contribute to her high-level referent power. She currently has 61.5 million followers on Instagram and this number is continuously rising. Expert power is a person’s potential influence over others because of knowledge and expertise in a given area. Beyoncé has expert power when she advises new artists about to be successful in the music
Black culture in our society has come to the point where it is allied with pop culture. The most popular music genres, slang terms, to dance forms it all comes from black culture. Hip hop emerged from black culture, becoming the soul of it that is seen in the media. Hip hop helped the black community by creating new ways of expressing themselves, from breakdance, graffiti, rap and other music, to slang. This culture was rooted in their tradition and created from something new. Hip hop created a new form of music that required the use of turn tables, ‘cuts’, loops, rhythm, rhyme, stories, and deep-rooted emotions, but also incorporated black oral forms of storytelling using communal authors.
Beyoncé's Lemonade and Formation World Tour is ultimately about black empowerment, with its visuals and lyrics all adding to its theme. During her acceptance speech for Lemonade winning Best Urban Contemporary Album at the 2017 GRAMMYs, Beyoncé stated that the intent of her album was to “create a body of work that would give a voice to our pain, our struggles, our darkness and our history. To confront issues that make us uncomfortable.” The album represents all of the sexism, racism, injustice, and history that the black community has gone through. Beyoncé also talks about how she wanted to create Lemonade to show her children a reflection of beauty in different perspectives, aside from just media coverage and magazine covers (Beyoncé, “Beyoncé
Artists now, like Beyoncé (a former Destiny’s Child member) differ from Queen’s integrity within music. Image A (last page) sets an example between Beyoncé’s “Run the World (Girls)” vs. “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen. Firstly, it demonstrates the number of people that were involved in the making but gives a closer look into the lyrics. There is no depth, no feeling and this is
It has been played in many other countries and is listed in many major hit charts in those countries. It became one of her best-selling singles. Beyoncé has been singing about women’s independence since she was in the hit group “Destiny’s Child”. Many of her songs support women’s lifestyle and keep cheering up girls with her powerful and expressive vocals (Armstrong). In addition to her songs and lyrics, her beautiful appearance fascinates many female audiences and influences from teenagers to grown-ups as if she was a role model. A negative side of the video is that the video gives the impression that men are always to be blamed and women are always “victims” of the relationships, which is not
Listen to any pop radio station and soon enough, one will hear Iggy Azalea’s distinctive and unmistakable rapping, using, what has starting being referred to as her “blaccent”. Azalea has been under fire, especially after winning her first Grammy, for her vocals that resemble more of a voice of an African-American female rather than a style from her original birthplace, Australia. Many critics reject Azalea and believe she is placing herself in a culture she doesn’t belong in. For years, the hip-hop scene has been dominated by the African-American race. In today’s world, with people having access to almost any and all types of music, hip-hop has become commercialized to appeal to masses much larger and more diverse than just the African-American scene. In this paper, I will be discussing the tendency of society to generalize certain behaviors and styles to certain races. Too often, people today are criticizing others for not acting the way one of a certain race is expected to act. It is a controversy created by ignorance towards our growing and evolving world.