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Women in Rap Songs: A Difference between Male and Female Voices

Studies on feminism is no longer novel in the area of research as several works of literature already established its relevance and implications especially in literary studies like a short story (Dials, 2017; Salayo & Macam, 2018; Salayo & Macam, 2020), poetry (Ika, & Aditya, 2018; Suhadi, Baluqiah & Mariansyah, 2017), novel (Fitriana, Tolla, Jasruddin & Mahmudah, 2019), and other literary-based criticisms. The richness of literary research has further proved that literature serves as a tool and platform to shape women's empowerment, representation, and identity. This makes literature a "silent but powerful form of activism for women" (Dadawala, 2018, p. 131). From literary to performing arts, music and music videos are also considered tools in investigating the position and role of women in society, which further establish womenrelated issues on empowerment. However, behind the growing literature on this topic, there Abstract Hip-hop has become a male-dominated industry, and it has reached all over the world, including the Philippines. This study analyzed two Original Pilipino Music (OPM) rap songs: Neneng B by Nik Makino feat. Raf Davis, and Pantsu by Zae. The two songs were examined to see how women are represented and how women's empowerment is promoted. Addressing the objectives, this study used a qualitative design that involved stylistics and text analysis. Using the Feminist Theory and applying Sara Mills' Feminist Text analysis model, the lyrics were examined in a word, phrase/sentence, and discourse level. This research revealed that a female artist's song promotes woman empowerment while the song written by male artists has more objectification tendencies. This study further implicates the role and position of women in modern-day society with music.