Good morning gorgeous and welcome to the Dr. Daph show and we're discussing

specifically how music affects femininity, especially hip-hop music.

So I want you to relax, sit back, get something to drink, get your favorite pen to write with, and let's talk about this.

So music, music is one of those things that just makes life that much better.

It is one of those like background things that impact us so much

and socially the culture of music impacts our lives. It impacts pop culture

impacts fashion and impacts all of us in even a spiritual way. So what is your

relationship like with music? What kind of music do you

listen to? How did you decide what kind of music you were going to listen to? Was it based on what

your parents listened to? Was it based on something you discovered, was it based on

your race or your culture?

I know growing up as a young black woman, I wasn't allowed to listen to hip hop to rap music. I could only

listen to the radio and I wanted so bad to listen to rap music because being a black girl in school I was

expected to know about rap music and rap culture so I was interested in it but you know all of that was really shaped around my color, my environment,

and what I was allowed to listen to. I didn't really get to discover what I truly enjoyed, what I truly liked, what truly

uplifted me until I was well into my adult years. So I want you to think about yourself and what music is to you.

When do you listen to music? Is it when you're working out? Is it when you're taking a shower? Is it when you're driving? Do you just sit in your bed and listen to music? Do you dance in your

panties with music? Like, when do you really lean on music? For me, music has always been one of the biggest parts of my life and it affected me and my femininity in so many ways that I did not recognize and so I want to talk a little bit about that today.

The reason why music is so powerful is because it's a spiritual experience.

Music is one of those things that you cannot see, you can just feel it and it truly does impact how you feel.

You could be in a very like even killed mood and then you can listen to a song and you can

just be uplifted or you can listen to a song and it can make you

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