Ashley Judd Responds To Hip-Hop 'Rape Culture' Backlash
Posted on Apr 09, 2011 @ 03:30AM
Ashley Judd has spoken out over the backlash she received following her 'hip-hop rape culture' comments, insisting she has no beef with the rap community.
As RadarOnline.com first reported, Judd slammed the likes of P Diddy and Snoop Dog in her controversial memoir All That Is Bitter And Sweet, for their "abusive lyrics and depictions of girls and women as ho's".
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But in an interview with website Global Grind she insists her comments were not meant to insult anyone.
"My intention was to support artists to know that they have so much power," she told music mogul Russell Simmons. "They make incredible life changing impressions, particularly on the young. And we have choices everyday with our expressions, either empower and celebrate people or to re-enforce inequality and degradation.
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"There are elements, and that is the part that has been so distorted, what I'm being accused of is condemning rap and hip-hop as a whole, and the whole community and when they say community, they mean the fans, and African-Americans, it's become so generalized.
"My intention was to take a stand to say the elements of that musical expression that are misogynistic and treat girls and women in a hyper-sexualized way that are inappropriate. That is not acceptable in any artistic expression, in any cultural form, whether its country music or in television story lines. And if they read more than one paragraph in the book, they would see that all four hundred pages are about that."
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ASHLEY IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BEAUTIFUL OUTWARDLY IS A GIVEN, BUT INWARDLY!!!!!!!
BLESS ASHLEY 4 SPEAKING THE TRUTH IS BEING SPOKEN BY ASHLEY~HOOOOOOORAY!!!!!!!!
Hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 4 ASHLEY!!!! GOD BLESS YOU & YOUR HUBBY!! :-)
Posted Sun, 04/10/2011 - 4:58pm
Ashley Judd has more class in her little finger than most people have in their whole body, She does unbelievable charity work asking only that her involvement be kept quiet. She is a very respected actress and happily married.
Posted Sun, 04/10/2011 - 9:56am
Judd is just an attention seeker. Which sector of the society has been plagued with child molestors, incests, and wives treated as property? The bible belt, and country &western region like her own family,Always easy to point figers at others.
Posted Sat, 04/09/2011 - 6:21pm
She's absolutely correct. And she's allowed to have and express that opinion. Even if you don't agree with her views, because you like hip hop and rap, you can't watch most of their videos and say she isn't speaking the truth. She IS right.
Posted Sat, 04/09/2011 - 1:45pm
Well I guess all fathers are child molesters since that's all country artists sing about & all brothers & sisters are screwing each other lmao she's garbage
Posted Sat, 04/09/2011 - 10:59am
You need reading comprehension classes.
Posted Sat, 04/09/2011 - 12:44pm
No what you need to do is call 911 the next time you wake up & your daddy is in bed with you LOOKS LIKE I HIT A NERVE LMAO
Posted Tue, 04/12/2011 - 5:54am
lol! you listen to country music.
Posted Sat, 04/09/2011 - 11:34am
I listen to all kinds of music i just dnt like ppl saying rappers are calling all women hoes there were hoes way before rap & if anyone is offended by what they say look in the mirror cuz you might be a hoe I'M JUST SAYIN
Posted Tue, 04/12/2011 - 6:04am
I agree with her. And let all of us smart men and women please STOP glorifying the misogynistic, abusive Charlie Sheen. I beg the media to stop the insanity of helping him seem like some kind of hero. It's disgusting.
Posted Sat, 04/09/2011 - 10:42am