时间:2019-03-16 作者:英语课 分类:2018年VOA慢速英语(五)月


英语课

The Women of Rap: The 'Queen of NY'


In the last few decades, hip-hop has risen to become a multi-billion dollar industry. It was a woman who led the production of the first commercially successful rap track. However, the industry remains 1 unquestionably male dominated. Female rappers usually enjoy less success than men.


A new generation of female emcees, however, is building on the legacy 2 of women in the industry.


Meet Quay 3 Dash, a 25-year-old New York rapper. She describes her music as real and raw. Dash has always been one to speak her mind, she says. And she has always had a mouth.


"I’ve always been the one to express myself…,” she says.


Her sound pulls on the “90s golden-era rap music,” which Quay Dash says she listened to religiously growing up. Her music is also inspired by modern female rappers, like Remy Ma.


“...She’s another female rapper that I’ve always looked up to that I was just like, ‘wow, she’s spitting some hard stuff. This is what I want my music to sound like, real explicit 4, real raw, like you know, a punch to the gut 5."


Dash says she first decided 6 to take her music career seriously when she was about 20. The self-named “Queen of NY” became involved with a music collective. Later, she decided to leave the group for other opportunities.


“Things come and go, and now I’m doing my own thing,” she says.


Now, she is a self-managed artist. That means she does everything herself. Her photographer and videographer, Serena Jara, helps her get things done, too, she says.


In her song “Shades on Top Down, Dash raps in one part:


I don’t care where you go, don’t care how you look// I will never like a post or a pic on the book.


The song is part of her first EP, called “Transphobic.” It was released in 2016. It tells of her lived experiences as a black, transgender woman living in America.


“Those five songs that’s on that EP I just wanted to get it out there and have people listen to it and relate to whatever stories or whatever lyric 7 that I spit on those tracks."


Dash says that the message behind "Transphobic" was one of self-love. For her and others in the trans community, society can be one of their biggest barriers.


“This is a world where society just kills and you have to be strong enough to just get past that…,” Dash says.


Dash says that her music has made a difference her community. “It definitely has made an impact within my community, you know and definitely in the music industry and I’m glad to have gotten it done."


Her music has earned her an international following. She notes her recent tour in Australia.


“I just feel like, everybody was definitely into it. Everybody was giving me my props 8 and was proud to see a black, transwoman rap and travel the world."


Dash says the general lack of attention female rappers receive is why she does what she does.


“There’s not many females out there getting as much play as male rappers, and I feel like there definitely, definitely needs to be more of a presence in the female rap community. That’s why I’m here making ‘herstory’ by putting out music and being the best I can be in my role."


I'm Ashley Thompson.


Words in This Story


dominate - v. to have control of or power over (someone or something)


scene - n. a division of an act in a play during which the action takes place in a single place without a break in time


legacy - n. ?something that happened in the past or that comes from someone in the past?


confident -adj. having a feeling or belief that you can do something well or succeed at something : having confidence?


era - n. ?a period of time that is associated with a particular quality, event, person, etc.?


inspired -adj. ?having a particular cause or influence?


explicit -adj?. showing or referring very openly to nudity, violence, or sexual activity


punch to the gut - expression. felt very strongly


opportunity - n. an amount of time or a situation in which something can be done


EP - n. ?a musical recording 9, short extended play record


trans - n. ? of or relating to people who feel that their true nature does not match their sex at birth?, short for transgender


impact - n. a powerful or major influence or effect?


tour - n. a series of related performances, appearances, competitions, etc., that occur at different places over a period of time?


props - n. something that is said to publicly thank and give special attention to someone for doing something : credit or recognition?


herstory - expression. ? history told or considered from a female or feminist 10 perspective.



n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
n.遗产,遗赠;先人(或过去)留下的东西
  • They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
  • He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。
n.码头,靠岸处
  • There are all kinds of ships in a quay.码头停泊各式各样的船。
  • The side of the boat hit the quay with a grinding jar.船舷撞到码头发出刺耳的声音。
adj.详述的,明确的;坦率的;显然的
  • She was quite explicit about why she left.她对自己离去的原因直言不讳。
  • He avoids the explicit answer to us.他避免给我们明确的回答。
n.[pl.]胆量;内脏;adj.本能的;vt.取出内脏
  • It is not always necessary to gut the fish prior to freezing.冷冻鱼之前并不总是需要先把内脏掏空。
  • My immediate gut feeling was to refuse.我本能的直接反应是拒绝。
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
n.抒情诗,歌词;adj.抒情的
  • This is a good example of Shelley's lyric poetry.这首诗是雪莱抒情诗的范例。
  • His earlier work announced a lyric talent of the first order.他的早期作品显露了一流的抒情才华。
小道具; 支柱( prop的名词复数 ); 支持者; 道具; (橄榄球中的)支柱前锋
  • Rescuers used props to stop the roof of the tunnel collapsing. 救援人员用支柱防止隧道顶塌陷。
  • The government props up the prices of farm products to support farmers' incomes. 政府保持农产品价格不变以保障农民们的收入。
n.录音,记录
  • How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间?
  • I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。
adj.主张男女平等的,女权主义的
  • She followed the feminist movement.她支持女权运动。
  • From then on,feminist studies on literature boomed.从那时起,男女平等受教育的现象开始迅速兴起。
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air turbine drive
American standard wire gage
anguicular
anti-aircraft gun
attenuation term
bar-to-bar voltage peak
box-shifting
butterfly effect
cage-guiding sleeve
Cefalexium
center span
characteristic function of the binomial law
cheren (keren)
coin die
concaveness
condensing of milk
crown wheel escapement
cuckoos
cystoureteropyelonephritis
depart one's life
descanter
deviation of borehole
dislocation of tendon of brachial biceps
earnings target
el-abidine
emergency lubrication
feed-back circuit
ficht
flowers of flax plant
futuristic computer software
G.F.P.(gas fission product)
galvanology
ground subsoil
grout spray rubber hose
guard of computer
his bundle
hyperopes
indicator lamp terminal
individual play
jarlaxle
JTTF
juristical
Keuten
Kopiago, L.
labeled pod
lateral thinking
lead sealing
length of body
level translation
linocarpon pandani
loudish
LWB (light water breeder)
magnetophoto-reflectivity
maintenance team
mallotophenone
market targeting
marking and spacing intervals
metaproterenols
Methylocystaceae
minor tranquilliser
misappropriation of personality
misassociates
mixoscopias
nephrocytes
neuroflammation
not one jot or tittle
numerical weather forecast
OED
order charaless
Owen County
oxygen propellant
paymaster-general
power on reset
recuperative heater
redneckification
redoubtability
rooting
rosette sand crystal
Rothermere
second-level structure
shell-fish
siffleur
silicon phototransistor
simple internet provider
Siranga
soko
special boiling point gasoline
take as
tar-macadam
thiocolchicine
tigecycline
tof-ms
transshipment bill of lading
ultra-acidic rock
unctuousnesses
undershelves
unhandy ship
unsaturated vapour
vertical cylindrical furnace
vertical position
Voghera