The thesis examines women in hip-hop culture who engage in rap. According to the records of many authors, female rappers are embedded in the culture from its very beginning, but their number is statistically smaller compared to men. Hip-hop culture is often accused of sexism, misogyny and the cyclical reproduction of stereotypes, and this is said to be responsible for defining female rappers as secondary to men. In the assignment, based on the research framework of Whipple and Coleman (2021), I analyze the media treatment of female rappers, proving that the media affects the unequal treatment of performers based on gender. The analysis consists of 12 texts about four female performers, where I identified dominant themes, questions and semantic dimensions. I found that there are weak implications of the gendered treatment of female rappers, highlighting the importance of broader and more in-depth research in the field.
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