Last week, a report surfaced that in light of the birth of his daughter Blue Ivy Carter, Jay-Z would no longer be referring to women as bitches in his lyrics.
The story was met with universal praise. Too bad it was false.
Jay-Z personally told the New York Daily News that the story was fake. While he did not formally announce that he will continue to call women bitches, by denying the contrary, implicitly, the message is that he may continue to do so at will.
The words attributed to Jay-Z may have been fake, but the response of countless fans to what they thought was his change of direction was still very real.
Is it wrong for the new father to continue to use the word “bitch” (among other more choice words)? When Blue’s mom is such a champion of strong girls?
Jay is far from the only rapper to face such criticism, of course.
Eminem, a father of multiple daughters, has defiantly said that music is art and his lyrics are not a reflection of him as a person or the way he treats women.
Still, for a lyrical maestro like Jay, would anyone object if he omitted a few degrading terms? Should he be expected to, considering what his craft is?
You tell us: Is it okay for Jay-Z to call women bitches?