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Amy Ngo

In the article "'Where My Girls At?' Negotiating Black Womanhood in Music Videos", writer Rana A. Emerson explains how black women have emerged from the hip-hop scene that was dominated by the black male artists. Now these women play many roles from dancers, models, or even the performers. Although the body type variety is limited to the thin figure, Missy Elliot, who has a fuller figure is successful in her career and proves that she is independent and strong among a few other fuller female singers. The skin tone of black women in music videos is usually dark showing that African American culture is praised. Like male artists show off women in their videos, women artists do the same thing with men. Songs of black women are for both genders because it is sung by a women, but the lyrics are addressed toward males. The black female artists are not afraid to show off their sexuality and their feminism.