The whole video (posted independently by someone in her crew) is worth a watch, as most of it is her talking about the professional repercussions for women who are perceived as “bossy.” But two minutes in she hits on the unfair standards women face, not only in hip-hop, but in entertainment and work in general: But when you’re a girl, you have to be like … everything. Nicki Minaj, who has worked with Ross, called out the double standards women in the industry face back in 2010 in a video posted on YouTube. “It’s not a Rick Ross problem, but more about normalized exploitation and abuse of women within the music industry,” Scott added. It’s easy to dismiss Ross’ comments as a joke, but as Brooklyn-based emcee Nitty Scott said in an email, ignoring Ross isn’t good enough because he is “quite literally articulating and embodying the dominant mentality being imposed on female artists regularly.” Yee holds down the interview (he hits on her at a few other points, asking to see her legs repeatedly), but Ross’ harassing tactics aside, he inadvertently spoke to a much larger dynamic that has hurt women rappers trying to make it in the industry: They are routinely sexualized and judged on their appearance, rather than their rap abilities. Yee pushed back, bringing up examples of young women who Ross doesn’t have “that energy” with who are talented - would he sign them (or at least not try to sleep with them)? “Most definitely,” Ross said.īut, for our benefit, he clarified what he meant: if he signed Yee, he’d have to “you know.” Oh, we know. For Ross, spending money on women justifies having sex with them, too.
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