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Hip-Hop is up to bat in Congress, much like TV was a couple of years ago. This is going to be bad. Really bad!

Later this month, Congress is set to hold its first hearing on misogyny in hip hop, which aims to address “stereotypes and degradation” of women — particularly African-American women, reports Daily Variety.

      Tentatively scheduled for Sept. 25, the hearing plans to examine the effects of hip-hop lyrics and videos, which critics have frequently derided for explicit misogyny aimed largely at black women.

      “I want to engage not just the music industry but the entertainment industry at large to be part of a solution,” said Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, which will hold the hearing.

      Just as his colleagues on other committees have summoned TV execs to be grilled on sexual or violent content, Rush wants to hear from the leaders of companies purveying rap music. The intent is to examine commercial practices behind the music’s most controversial content.

      “I want to talk to executives at these conglomerates who’ve never taken a public position on what they produce,” Rush said. “But it’s been surprisingly very difficult to get them to commit to appearing.”

      So far, Master P is the only artist who has agreed to participate. The founder of No Limit Records began his career as a gangsta rapper, but has recently announced a decision to focus more on positive messages and images in his music.

This some grade A++ quality bullsh*t ya’ll. Can we call up the rock musicians? I don’t see them calling up Fountains of Wayne for “Stacy’s Mom”. Misogyny in music has been in existence for as long as men have been making music. So all of a sudden, hip-hop is the cause?

I’m all for more positive images, but seriously, music is a reflection of people’s environments, their situations in life, I mean, I could go on.

If this is the case, they need to call up EVERYONE in the arts & entertainment industry. Poets, authors, writers, musicians, playwrights, etc. All people are doing are writing about their perspective.

And Master P? Hello. Come on. That’s like asking Ruben Studdard to be a spokesperson for 24 Hour Fitness. I don’t think that’s a good representation AT ALL.

Half of them men in Congress haven’t probably ever HEARD hip-hop outside of a mainstream song or two here and there. You can’t take one song or bad representation that is over-the-top on a platter and say “that represents hip-hop.”

Hip-hop is just a branch off the tree of music. You want to change something? Fine. Change the TREE. Change society. Enact some laws that put money back into the education so people in the future aren’t walking around talking about “right thurr.” Change priorities in this country so that women don’t have to strip to feed their children. Change the rules so that young men aren’t getting shot at and being locked up because they have nothing else to do afterschool. WHATEVER.

There are many other things to be having hearings about, and for this to be happening right now amongst all this Jena 6 foolishness (which makes me mad to me soul!), retiring the “N” word, David Banner vs. Al Sharpton, I feel like the United States is having open season on black folk…again!