The Hate That Hate Produced

The lyrics focused on sexism, sexual harassment, and the public pressures that women in hip-hop were often forced to conform to.

Similarly, Sister Soldiers' The Hate That Hate Produced in 1992 evoked Black Power rhetoric and called for the eradication of white supremacy.

While some Black women rappers focused on a radical politics of unity and community engagement, others revolutionized the way that Black women were viewed as sexual objects by taking control of their own hypersexualized representation in popular media.

Rappers like Lil' Kim and Foxy Brown focused on a more sexualized feminine image, but projected an aura of dominance, control, and lyrical prowess that kind of flipped the script of Black women being passive receivers of the male gaze and into one of being in control of how that gaze was directed and deployed.

especially in New York City following a 1957 incident in which a Nation of Islam temple member was beaten and seriously injured by the NYPD.

Malcolm X achieved national prominence in 1959 when a PBS documentary entitled The Hate That Hate Produced, hosted by Mike Wallace, prominently featured both Elijah Muhammad and Malcolm X, as well as other prominent black supremacists and separatists.

Although Elijah Muhammad was highlighted, he came off as practically dull and outlandish, as opposed to the clips of Malcolm X, who appeared mesmerizing and fascinating, if not terrifying, to a 1959 white television audience, many not even aware of such an entity within the black community.

Throughout the early 60s, the Nation of Islam, through Malcolm X as its primary spokesman and veritable national ambassador, deliberately differentiated the NOI from other civil rights entities and individuals, most notably Dr. Martin Luther King, who preached a philosophy of nonviolence.