I wanted to start off with this picture for one reason and one reason only: it absolutely summarizes the points that I have talked about in my previous posts. When I Goggled “50 cent videos” I was looking for the typical African American woman in a rappers music video, dancing all over them in barely any clothes. I could not have found a more perfect picture. This is obviously a still from one of his music videos, I have no idea which one, nor do I want to know. As you can see the picture that I focused on has a big “booty” as the main display, with 50 cent smiling. Not only is the picture focused on large African American women’s buttocks, but the woman is also covered in paint from head to toe. And what is that paint displaying? A large jungle cat. I lied, I became curious and YouTube the explicit video. Not only is the song super offensive, with 50 cent dropping the N-word every couple of seconds but also it is totally over sexualizing African American women. The video not only features a African American woman with a large booty, covered in animal print paint, but she is also dancing all over 50 cent, smacking her “booty” right in his face. It is disgusting to see this kind of behavior amongst women. They are not only exploiting their own bodies but they are adding to the social issue that African American women are over sexualized. This is a common thing to see in rap artists’ music videos. They hire women to throw themselves all over the rappers, most of the time while barely clothed. This is only adding to the social issue. By African American women contributing to this kind of work they are objectifying themselves. They are saying that their bodies are objects that can be slapped, poked and played with at anytime, adding to the stereotype that African American women are much more sexually available. It is truly saddening to see these young women with such high potential, throwing themselves at men and using their bodies to get what they want.