Hip Hop Honey

Now I spend too much time watching music videos. I love them, infact, I'm obsessed! I don’t want any other channels on my television except MTV and Kiss, but for now I am happy with my free Viva.

I dream of working in the industry I would love to choreograph, write the concepts, direct, edit…and occasional I have considered, would I like to be the other side the Hip Hop Honeyz.

Last night BBC3 present Music, Money and Hip Hop Honeys. This showed the world of music videos and the reality of trying to be a Hip Hop Honey. What I found shocking was the difference between the UK and USA. In America lead women were making up to $12,000 for a single video. That equates to $6,000 a day. Whereas in the UK the majority of women work for free.

Why is there such a difference between the countries. I think it is partially to do with the status of the artists. In America you can be a Hip Hop Honey for Jay-Z, 50 Cent, P-Diddy, whereas the UK example with K.I.G and So Solid Crew. Obviously, they are in different leagues, which has resulted in the poorer working situation this side of the ocean.

What I found most worrying about the documentary was the lengths women would go to, to enhance their body in order to increase their chances of become a Hip Hop Honey. Now I think that music videos are exploitive, but it is a woman’s choice what she does with her body. However, to change your body primarily to try and get into an industry, which for the most part will not actually support you financially seems inconceivable.

Now I am not going to say I would not like to appear in a music video. I would love to say that’s me there, but I am happy to see a glimpse of me in a crowd. There is no way I am going to spend thousands of pounds and years to become a Hip Hop Honey, shake my ass scantily clad in 10 videos and then do what for the rest of my life?