Apparently, the New York Times' criticism of female rappers on reality television isn't sitting well with Jean Grae.
According to HipHopDX, the "Kill Screen" rapper took to Twitter to express her frustrations with a New York Times article by Jon Caramanica titled "For Female Rappers, Steadiest Gigs Are on TV."
In the article, Caramanica compares the state of female rap now to its prevalence in the 1990s.
"From the mid-1990s through the early 2000s, female Rap thrived, relatively speaking: Foxy Brown, Lil' Kim, Lauryn Hill, Missy Elliott, who were all stylistically distinct and sold millions of albums during those years," he wrote. "But to find a critical mass of female rappers in 2014, you have to turn to another industry: reality television."
The article hit the internet just a day before the premiere of Oxygen's new series Sisterhood of Hip-Hop.
Grae sent out a series of tweets entailing the struggles of being a femcee.
"Was enough of a jail to be told how far I'd go in rap. Now it's a jail for transitioning? FOH. I do what I want. You can too. Limitless," she tweeted.
Grae followed up with, "The steady gigs are wherever you desire to put your passion and hard work into. Create your own if you want. Don't believe the hype."
She continued her social media rant responding to the New York Times and Caramanica directly.
"Jon wrote it?!? Dammit. Dammit @joncaramanica JOOONNNNNNNN NO. No. No. No. No. In Spanish: NO."
Caramanica, who is considered a key music critic for the Times, has not publicly responded but instead opted to further promote his story with a Twitter link to the article along with the message, "reality TV more hospitable to female rappers than the music industry."
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