Final Project Proposal: How Tyler, the Creator broke barriers for homosexual rappers

9 Mar

I will be focusing on how the rapper Tyler, The Creator has broken barriers for gay people in the genre of hip hop. Through his work with the group Odd Future, he helped an underrepresented group gain respect and achieve status in an area where they did not before.  Through his immense talent, brilliant marketing, and retrospective lyrics about homosexuality, Abstract carved out a space for homosexual rappers. This unabashedly open music turned many heads, and beard resemblance to how women often sang madrigals to infiltrate male-only spaces.

One Reply to “Final Project Proposal: How Tyler, the Creator broke barriers for homosexual rappers”

  1. Good start! Be sure you connect your topic explicitly to the class theme of sexuality (which is alluded to but not stated). You’ve already incorporated some ideas from the study of madrigals, which is great!

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