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COR 115 COR115 COR/115 Lupe Fiasco Rhetorical Analysis.docx

Cameron Schneider Dr. DeRocher COR 115-26 3 November 2017

Hip-Hop’s Mistake

Rappers often like to address social issues in their songs, whether they be stereotypes, addiction, culture, race, or some combination. For example, Eminem frequently hits addiction and family and race from the context of a white man in a black industry, while artists like Kendrick Lamar attack racial inequality and alcoholism.

In “Bitch Bad”, Lupe Fiasco addresses the topic of women’s stereotypes specifically in black culture. He constructs a successful argument proving that the social norms presented by black hip-hop culture are misleading childrens’ perceptions of women.

Fiasco does so through his ethos, an extended metaphor, and the use of blackface in the video.First, Fiasco’s credibility must be assessed. Does he have the influential power to make this argument successful? Does he have the necessary knowledge of hip-hop to argue lyrically?

Fiasco has been quite successful in his career. His record “Battle Scars” went platinum here in America (RIAA) and nine times platinum in Australia (ARIA), and his debut album was nominated for not one, not two, but threeGrammy awards (Smith).

On top of high-honor awards,he has worked with hip-hop legend Kanye West, with “Touch the Sky” reaching number 42 on the Billboard Top 100 (Touch), and his debut album Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquorincluded production from Jay-Z, Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda, and Kanye West.

These honors indicate thatFiasco does indeed have the raw skill and knowledge in order to make an argument through lyrics. As well, Fiasco has clearly received much love from both his listening audience, and his

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