Video vixen

For the movie, see Video Vixens.

Rapper Nicki Minaj in concert. In her early career, Minaj was often described as a video vixen.[1]

A video vixen (also referred to as a hip hop honey or video girl[2]) is a woman who models and appears in hip hop-oriented music videos.[3][4] From the 1990s to the early 2010s, the video vixen image was a staple in popular music, particularly within the genre of hip hop.[5] First appearing in the late 1980s, when hip-hop culture began to gain popularity. It was most popular in American pop culture during the 1990s and 2000s.[6] Video vixens are aspiring actors, singers, dancers, or professional models.[7] Artists and vixens have been criticized for allegedly contributing to the social degradation of black women and Latinas.[8][3][9][10]

  1. ^ Aun Qi Koh (September 1, 2012). "'It's Barbie, bitch!': In Defense of Nicki Minaj, Black Female Rappers and Hip-hop Feminism". Political Beanie. Archived from the original on November 25, 2018.[self-published source?]
  2. ^ Shalit, Wendy (2007). Girls Gone Mild: Young Women Reclaim Self-Respect and Find It's Not Bad to Be Good. New York: Random House. p. 72. ISBN 978-1-4000-6473-1. [...] girls of color have a whole aspect of hip-hop with those horrible videos and the rise of the hip-hop honey or video girl.
  3. ^ a b Stevenson, Stephanie (2010). "Scholarship and Empowerment in the Age of the Video Vixen: Promoting Black Adolescent Females' Academic Success". The University of Maryland McNair Scholars Undergraduate Research Journal. 2: 269–286. hdl:1903/10728.
  4. ^ Fitts, Mako (2008). ""Drop It like It's Hot": Culture Industry Laborers and Their Perspectives on Rap Music Video Production". Meridians. 8 (1): 211–235. doi:10.2979/MER.2008.8.1.211. JSTOR 40338918. S2CID 197654934.
  5. ^ Story, Kaila A. "Performing Venus-From Hottentot to Video Vixen." Home Girls Make Some Noise: Hip-hop Feminism Anthology. By Gwendolyn D. Pough, Mark Anthony. Neal, and Joan Morgan. Mira Loma, CA: Parker Pub., 2007. N. pag. Print.
  6. ^ White, Brooklyn (August 28, 2019). "The Evolution of Hip-Hop's Video Vixen". Okayplayer.
  7. ^ Sharpley-Whiting, T. Denean. Pimps up, Ho's down: Hip Hop's Hold on Young Black Women. New York: New York University Press, 2007, p. 26, ISBN 978-0-8147-4014-9.
  8. ^ Ford, Meagan Dawnavette (2009). Modern-day Jezebel: A social critique on 'Confessions of a Video Vixen', by Karrine Steffans, using Patricia Hill Collins' Black feminist theory (Thesis). ProQuest 304896050.
  9. ^ Conrad, Kate; Dixon, Travis; Zhang, Yuanyuan (2009). "Controversial Rap Themes, Gender Portrayals and Skin Tone Distortion: A Content Analysis of Rap Music Videos". Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media. 53 (1): 134–156. doi:10.1080/08838150802643795. S2CID 51858666.
  10. ^ Rivera, R. (February 7, 2003). New York Ricans from the Hip Hop Zone. Springer. p. 121. ISBN 978-1-4039-8167-7.