Washington University in St. Louis Washington University Open Scholarship Senior Honors Papers / Undergraduate Theses Undergraduate Research 5-2021 "Yeah I'm Still That Bitch, but Now I'm Feelin' Like the Man": How Black Women Rappers Queer Masculinity in Hip Hop Efua Osei Follow this and additional works at: https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/undergrad_etd Recommended Citation Osei, Efua, ""Yeah I'm Still That Bitch, but Now I'm Feelin' Like the Man": How Black Women Rappers Queer Masculinity in Hip Hop" (2021). Senior Honors Papers / Undergraduate Theses. 28. https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/undergrad_etd/28 This Unrestricted is brought to you for free and open access by the Undergraduate Research at Washington University Open Scholarship. It has been accepted for inclusion in Senior Honors Papers / Undergraduate Theses by an authorized administrator of Washington University Open Scholarship. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN SAINT LOUIS Department of African and African American Studies Advisor: Dr. Lerone Martin Thesis Committee: Zachary Manditch-Prottas Jonathan Fenderson “Yeah I’m Still That Bitch, but Now I’m Feelin’ Like the Man”: How Black Women Queer Masculinity in Hip Hop Efua Osei A thesis submitted for partial fulfillment of the requirements for honors in the Department of African and African American Studies 1 ABSTRACT Being a "hard rapper," while a mark of legitimacy and skill in hip hop culture, can also be understood as an inherently masculine quality. Black male rappers have perpetuated this expectation in hip hop to be hard, to be gangsta, the "ultra-aggressive nigga," or the "badass thug" as Jason Nichols notes.