0 someone who performs rap music
1 a musician who performs the type of popular music of African-American origin that features rhythmic speaking set to a strong beat:
However, the initial lyrics build from empathy to an assertion that the rapper is deeply wounded and vulnerable in a manner belying his tough image.
The narrator's shocked response to the disparity between the rapper's persona and personal demeanour is a veiled critique of gender realness in hip-hop.
As the song ends, the narrator wakes up post-coitus and joins the rapper at breakfast.
Here the rapper passively acknowledges his gender performance as an integral part of participating in the hip-hop community.
Thus, the narrator recognises the rapper's gendered masquerade.
And how did rappers manage to negotiate their relationships with the 'establishment' of cantautori?
Instead of playfully suggesting the rapper is docile, she attempts to expose him as self-pitying.
Suggestions that one of the most notoriously aggressive ' reality' male rappers so drastically differs in image and self negates the fundamentals of a genre premised on credibility and truth.
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