Black Eyed Peas’ latest music is a return to its conscious Hip Hop roots. With that mind, it’s no shock to hear the group examining the place social justice in the current industry climate.
During an interview with Variety, the trio spoke about sexism in the music industry in light the #MeToo movement, which promotes awareness pervasive sexual assault and harassment, and criticized the lack activism in music right now.
Music is probably … it does a really good job at diminishing the power a woman, will.i.am said. And thats really sad. Especially Hip Hop, rock sex, drugs and rock and roll. A woman is a resource in that sentence. Its sad.
Later on, will.i.am joked that the Isley Brothers’ hit single “That Lady” would feature the lyrics Who that bitch?’ if it were released today. The thought prompted BEP’s Taboo to lament about the lack support for activism in music.
Its sad that, in this day and age music, we dont have a huge support for activism as we used to, he said. In the 60s, everybody was trying to make a statement with their music. It seems like more athletes are making a statement, standing up for causes, than actually in the music industry.
Check out BEP’s thoughts on the music industry above and watch the rest the interview below.
