Aiight…for some quick background on me, I’m a DIE HARD HIP HOP HEAD! I have lived and breathed this culture since I was a shorty back in Philly in the early 80’s. I may be a relationship coach on the side, but first and foremost, I’m hip hop ALL DAY!

So the other day during one of my rap sessions at the teen center I run, some of the girls were saying that they don’t like rap music because they have to constantly hear men degrading women, song after song after song. And they don’t like seeing women in videos, always half naked or stripping. And seeing a rack of women that don’t look anything like them, made them feel like they had no value. So I had to school ‘em on the fact that, at one point in time, there were actually hip hop songs talking about love and relationships.

So just like I had to school them, let me school some of ya’ll who may think that ALL hip hop is about disrespecting women and making it rain in the strip club…cause that’s not the entire picture my culture paints.

Checkout my top 5 Hip Hop Love Songs:

#5.  Shakyla (JRH) – Poor Righteous Teachers

“Wake up, the wise black queen is mine.” – Culture Freedom

Aiight…now if you’re not REALLY into hip hop my peoples from southern Jersey may have slipped right past you.  But trust, PRT’s Shakyla (JRH) was a dope ode to the black woman. With lyrics like, “I spent a lot of time with the queen I protect, you’re the sister close to me, he take her deeper into depth/say sister knowledge god that of queens your existence, you’re no hooker, you’re no slut, you’re no b-tch and she listens/you’re the mother of civilization, I hate them snakes that disrespect ya/they often disrespect ya when they find that can not sex ya” you can see that THIS is the kinda hip hop we need nowadays! Not to mention, I named my kitten that I found out in the hood back in 1990 Shakyla after this song. And she’s STILL alive in kicking 22 years later! Next time, try naming your pet after a positive hip hop song…studies show they’ll live longer!

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