B.I.G. promotes Jim crow stereotype

Tim M.

Notorious B.I.G. shows the present-day Jim Crow sterotype  in his song  "Party and Bullshit" :

Verse II:
Honey want to chat 
but all we wanna know is where the party at 
and can I bring my gat?  If not, I hope I don't get shot

The Jim crow stereotype is a black person only wanting to have fun all the time  and live life like a joke.  This song does indeed perpetuate this stereotype.  It shows this because that's all notorious wants to know is where the parties at.  Nothing else matters, not even a girl thats trying to talk with him.   

Chorus:
and party and bullshit and party and bullshit X 5
and party and bullshit and X 1

The chorus also betrays this stereotype.  The chorus is basically the Jim crow steroype itself  but in the words of Notorious.  Even though the Jim crow sterotype was more popular in the past it's still  brought up in the present day.   Not just in music but the news and in  books.   B.I.G. is not the only person who perpetuates the Jim crow stereotype in a song and  he certainly will not be the last.  It seems like the only way for black rappers to succeed in the rap industry is if they use the Jim crow sterotype in there music.      

 

Comments

[ian sutherland]

I agree with this.