Rap musicSexualityPopular American commercial rap is believed to (re)produce cultural narratives of masculinity. Yet, there is no knowledge about the relationship between consumption of idealized masculinity in rap and young (Black) men's senses of masculine selves. This study aims to explore how ...
and eight Dutch adolescents revealed three masculinity ideals to be present in rap and congruent with the majority of the respondents' own ideals. First, it is appropriate for young men to be 'playas' and view (young) women as either (sexually) freaky girls or wif...