As Cardi B wrote on Twitter when asked if “Twerk” sends the right message in this touchy Me Too-era, “I can wear and not wear whatever I want. As humans, we are multifaceted and have a right to be able to express all parts of ourselves, even the parts some people view as taboo, such as sexuality. They act as both the MC and the video vixen simultaneously, reclaiming their power through their visual sexuality, and then keeping up with the Joneses by delivering the bars.Ĭlose-minded individuals may view these women in a certain light for dressing or behaving the way that they do, however, it is their right as women to choose what they want to do with their bodies. Many female rappers throughout the years (City Girls, Cardi B, Nicki Minaj, Lil Kim, to name a few) have taken it a step further. While some members of society see women as sexually-subordinate, it’s certainly a breath of fresh air to view women reveling in their own sexuality and having complete autonomy over their bodies, especially in hip-hop. tfG01tus8j - Third Lawson January 17, 2019 This right here…couldn’t even make it on the Tip Drill video set. Look…millennials…“Twerk” can’t hold a candle to “Tip Drill” Without any men viewing them twerking and pole-dancing nearly-nude, they’re able to feel comfortable with themselves, proclaiming that “this sh*t is for us” and us alone, even without the words to say it.įor those debating. The lack of a male presence in these videos make it a girls-only club, and with good reason. Additionally, Cardi B’s “ Money” video doesn’t feature men either only in the scenes featuring the Bronx rapper in a museum of her finest outfits do they appear, and one could argue that they were viewing her as a work of art, not as a piece of meat. In “Twerk,” the women are scantily-clad as well, however, they’re scantily-clad on their own watch as previously stated, there are no men highlighted. At more points than one, oral sex is simulated.
If you want to see what all the Twitter fuss is about, you can watch YG's video below, though we should warn you that it is definitely NSFW.The video for Uncle Luke’s ‘90s hit “ I Wanna Rock (Doo Doo Brown)” features women stripping on stage during a concert as the 2 Live Crew member yells “Show that coochie, baby/Take it off, Take it off.” A video from this century, Tyga’s “ Make It Nasty,” depicts the Los Angeles-bred MC aloofly viewing scantily-clad young women press their breasts and bottoms toward the camera and him. We suspect YG's video won't create that level of controversy, but it clearly has people talking about "Tip Drill" again. After his sister, Jacqueline Donahue, lost her battle to leukemia in 2005, Nelly was upset over the protest and said his sister was robbed of a potential bone marrow transplant match after the drive was canceled.
The blatant objectification of women in Nelly's clip caused so much controversy that a bone marrow drive Nelly was planning to hold at the historically black Spelman College was canceled amid protests by the Spelman Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance.
The video spawned one of the most infamous animated GIFs of all time and could only be played on BET’s Uncut. Lunatics doubling down on lewdness with a flock of women. "Tip Drill" was a remix of "E.I." which featured Nelly and the St. Nelly’s original version of "E.I." spent 20 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart as Nelly's debut album, Country Grammar, went double platinum within three months of its release. Given that "Tip Drill" may be older than some of the viewers streaming it on YouTube and WorldStar right now, perhaps a bit of background is needed here.
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