?uestlove Of The Roots Takes Offense To Ashley Judd Calling Rap "Rape Culture", Actress Backtracks

Drummer ?uestlove of the Philadelphia rap band The Roots took to his twitter page to talk about actress Ashley Judd's negative comments regarding rap music.

Judd wrote in her new memoir 'All That Is Bitter and Sweet' that rap is "rape culture."

Here is a portion of Judd's thoughts about rap as written in her book

"Along with other performers, YouthAIDS was supported by rap and hip-hop artists like Snoop Dogg and P. Diddy to spread the message...um, who? Those names were a red flag. As far as I'm concerned, most rap and hip-hop music -- with it's rape culture and insanely abusive lyrics and depictions of girls and women as 'ho's' -- is the contemporary soundtrack of misogyny. I believe that the social construction of gender -- the cultural beliefs and practices that divide the sexes and institutionalize and normalize the unequal treatment of girls and women, privilege the interests of boys and men, and, most nefariously, incessantly sexualize girls and women -- is the root cause of poverty and suffering around the world."

Apparently Judd practices what she preaches. ?uest describes her attitude during her appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, where The Roots are the house band as being cold.

"hmmm. at least i got my answer as to why ash judd didn't give us so much as a nod on her last visit. im a criminal," ?uest wrote.

?uest compares Judd's disdain for rap to Oprah Winfrey's.

Judd herself is now backtracking from the statements. According to Eonline the actress regrets making the remarks. saying

"What I'm being accused of is condemning rap and hip-hop as a whole, and the whole community and when they say community, they mean the fans, and African-Americans, it's become so generalized. My intention was to take a stand to say the elements that are misogynistic and treat girls and women in a hyper-sexualized way are inappropriate."

Ashley spoke on a subject she has very little knowledge about and got shut down. You don't have to like rap music, but at least if you're going to criticize it know what you're talking about.

Source: ThisIs50