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There are only a few females in the Hip-Hop industry, and this weekend two of them tried to end each other's career in a rap battle. One was more successful at verbally assaulting the other and was crowned WINNER of the battle, but in the end they both ended up FAILING those who look up to them.
After listening to the come-back track of the winner of the battle, I couldn't help but have flashbacks of growing up in New York and the countless physical fights that I witnessed and experienced. Most of the time these fights involved individuals that knew nothing about the other one. All they knew was that they HATED them. In 8th grade I personally experienced this with a girl. After we got into a physical altercation the principal pulled us aside and asked her, "What is the problem? Why do you not like her". The girl's response was, "Because she tries to rule the school". That, and that alone was enough to make her want to physically and verbally assault me every time she saw me in the hallway until one day I just couldn't take it anymore and retaliated back (ending up with BOTH of us getting suspended).
The psychologist in me travels back in time often to this time period in my life in order psychoanalyze the situation and the characters. Hearing this song literally placed me in a time machine. Young, black girls hating each other without ever speaking a word to each other. Young black girls, seeing themselves in each other and wanting to tear the other down to ensure they are not successful at "ruling" anything. Remy Ma and Nicki Minaj , also grew up in NY and probably had very similar experiences in grade school to my own. Only problem is, they are still allowing these experiences to dictate their adult life and with them being famous, also dictating the lives of little Black girls who look up to them.
There are only a few females in the Hip-Hop industry, and this weekend two of them tried to end each other's career in a rap battle. One was more successful at verbally assaulting the other and was crowned WINNER of the battle, but in the end they both ended up FAILING those who look up to them.
After listening to the come-back track of the winner of the battle, I couldn't help but have flashbacks of growing up in New York and the countless physical fights that I witnessed and experienced. Most of the time these fights involved individuals that knew nothing about the other one. All they knew was that they HATED them. In 8th grade I personally experienced this with a girl. After we got into a physical altercation the principal pulled us aside and asked her, "What is the problem? Why do you not like her". The girl's response was, "Because she tries to rule the school". That, and that alone was enough to make her want to physically and verbally assault me every time she saw me in the hallway until one day I just couldn't take it anymore and retaliated back (ending up with BOTH of us getting suspended).
The psychologist in me travels back in time often to this time period in my life in order psychoanalyze the situation and the characters. Hearing this song literally placed me in a time machine. Young, black girls hating each other without ever speaking a word to each other. Young black girls, seeing themselves in each other and wanting to tear the other down to ensure they are not successful at "ruling" anything. Remy Ma and Nicki Minaj , also grew up in NY and probably had very similar experiences in grade school to my own. Only problem is, they are still allowing these experiences to dictate their adult life and with them being famous, also dictating the lives of little Black girls who look up to them.
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