"It’s unclear why Britain’s NME would have their hands on a new poem by Jay-Z, but if they do, and it’s real, Hova’s done dropping the word bitch thanks to newborn daughter Blue Ivy Carter. The poem is said to sport lines like: “Before I got in the game, made a change, and got rich/I didn’t think hard about using the word bitch/I rapped, I flipped it, I sold it, I lived it/Now with my daughter in this world I curse those that give it."
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Jay-Z Supposedly Retiring the Word Bitch | Vulture
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I often think about how much I love rap, especially songs that refer to woman as a bitch, ho or slut and whether I should feel guilty about complicity approving the language towards myself and other women, but then I just can’t help but love the songs so much and sometimes it sounds sexy? I don’t know. It’s the same part of my brain’s cognitive dissonance that allows me to hate Chris Brown’s continued career and yet still love “Look At Me Now.” I don’t know. I’m tired. I guess what I’m saying is that I’m not offended by rap, but feel guilty that maybe I should be? Whateverwhatever.
(via drinkyourjuice)
