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Hip-Hop Girlfriends: Overnight Celebrity or Just Arm Candy?
March 3rd, 2009
Lately, there seems to be an infatuation with the girlfriends of hip-hop artists. These women have become overnight celebrities in their own right, whether it be through the art of a TMZ video or a Youtube upload that has virally spread around like an internet wildfire. Not that this is a new phenomenon. I remember the doubt that fans had when Ms. Melody, former wife of KRS-One, decided to put out a rap album. Despite any talent that she may have had (arguable or not), no one wanted to ever give Ms. Melody any props for being anything else but KRS’s wife.
But these days, the girlfriends of rap artists are getting media attention for being just that—girlfriends. No rapping, no singing, no nothing; just the high honor of being the chosen one in the sea of women in which artists dive. So the question becomes, can being someone’s girlfriend transcend you into stardom or will these girls get the short end of the stick when, and if, the relationship fizzles out?
Kanye West is one celebrity whose girlfriends always seem to get their 5 minutes of fame. His latest, Amber Rose, a shaved-head, light-skinned aspiring model with a fierce body and a permanent cigarette attached to her fingers, seems to be the most intriguing of all, especially as the lesbian rumors continue to pour in. Blogs also say that Amber is a former stripper, and if pictures soon surface, I predict her star will rise even more so. But it still remains to be seen whether Amber’s appeal transcends being Kanye’s girl. In the past, former Kanye girls have become partially successful—depending on how you look at it. Alexis Phifer, the most recent ex, is an aspiring clothing designer, and Brooke Crittendon is a current cast member of the BET reality series, Harlem Heights.
In the case of Joe Budden and his girl Tahiry, who was just recently photographed for the cover of King magazine, the scales seem to be tipping in her direction. Unbeknownst to Tahiry, she became the star of Joe Budden’s video blogs–the reality tv-type material that became popular on his Youtube channel. Since the couple started broadcasting their private lives on the internet, Tahiry has become the latest hip-hop darling. But while a possible reality TV and modeling career could be awaiting her, will she ever grow outside of the Joe Budden girl role?
In an era where the role of women in hip hop has been reduced significantly, it remains to be seen whether dating a rapper (yeah, I said it) is the fastest way to come up. Please, let the comments begin…because I smell a part 2 coming.
–KIM OSORIO
If shes white or black, she still a nice looking girl.She looks like Unique from For The Love of Ray J. with no hair.
i dont care who dates who, but when that ‘arm candy’, ‘high paying gold digger’ leaves them taking all they shyte dont ask the media/community for help or donate to your cause. celebrities like them type of woman who look good and spend they money, dont matter what color they are, but for what i know whatever the celebrity color is, when they end up broke they decide that they want their own race and have them living worst than they had the other chic. to me kanye do shyte just to get a rise out of people anyway. so i dont care who he dating. cause when shyte hits the fan, will these ‘arm candies’ have they back when they go broke…….HELL NO, it was never for love, just a lifestyle
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Well Kanye and Joe definitely treat their women like assessories. I don’t see any geniune love, especially from Joe. I remember the days when men did not like for other men to see their women nude or anything like that. Nowadays, guys think its cute to pimp your main woman out.
Wat happen to you hair do you really care who kanye west date lol.
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Some are just arm candy and others are gold diggers so they just want that cash.
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