NE-YO ALTERNATIVE

Ne-yo is seen as a alternative representation of males in the hip-hop genre. This is for the reason that he is not seen how men in this music genre stereotypically for example you would expect men to be muscular with tattoos and baggy clothing making this the dominate representation of males in the music genre whereas ne-yo has a alternative representation of males as he is seen to be wearing suits and sings rather than rapping. When listening to his music you can see the difference in lyrics to other singers as he give women the respect that he believes they deserve. Ne-yo is not seen as a man who in hip-hop usually would disrespect women one of his hit’s named miss independent was a song made in order for women to be seen as they can do everything on their own and do not need the support of men. In addition to his famine side he is not Sings from his heat, love songs. Dresses well connoting his fashion trend which is different to stereotypical males such as 50 cent
He doesn’t objectify women in his videos as he shows them more as female partners rather than subordinating them as sex objects.he also dances and shows that he is not a rough and scary figure as most rappers in hip hop videos do nothing but stand there looking cool.He is never shown in any violent or controversial way
He also has been rumoured to be homosexual, yet he doesn’t fight back at critics with anger or venom as most male artist in the hip hop genre would do. He simply just sings..