sexual assault

Women like Cassie don’t come forward sooner because the culture doesn’t allow them to

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I want to start this off by providing a content trigger warning: This column discusses sexual violence,  sexual assault, sexual abuse and everything that goes along with those things. If these topics are triggering for you or otherwise make you uncomfortable, I recommend you do not read it.

I was in the middle of writing this piece when news broke of a fourth lawsuit being filed against Sean “Diddy” Combs; this one, which also alleges sexual assault, accuses one of the most powerful men in hip-hop of sex trafficking and gang-raping a 17-year-old girl in 2003. 

Women like Cassie don’t come forward sooner because the culture doesn’t allow them to

Cassie’s revelations should be the beginning of the #MeToo moment for hip-hop

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Hip-hop is where women are bitches and hoes and only good for sex, but when they talk about sex on their own terms, it’s suddenly a problem because they are controlling their own narratives and not centering men.

Hip-hop is where women can repeatedly accuse Trey Songz of physically assaulting them, drugging them and sexually abusing them, and he continues to get a pass while appearing as a featured artist on hit after hit because that’s how this game works.

The hip-hop game is rigged, and it’s rigged against women, and as a woman who loves hip-hop, I’m tired of dancing around the issue, both literally and figuratively. 

Cassie’s revelations should be the beginning of the #MeToo moment for hip-hop