Cupcakkeblog : Un-Rapping CupcakKe's SEXuality and Activism – “Hump me”, “fuck me”, and “my tunnel loves to deep throat” are among some of the lyrics by 19-year-old female, Chicago rapper, CupcakKe, in her most popular song to date, “Deepthroat” (2015). In the “Deepthroat” music video— which has garnered more than seven million views on YouTube, CupcakKe can be seen wearing a short dress with cutouts for her breasts while she gyrates and swallows a banana, as if she were performing oral sex. Her promiscuity, which is fully integrated into her music and videos, is intended to sexually arouse those that listen to and view her content. But, looking beyond her erotic material, CupcakKe is tackling social injustices through her music. Her songs “Lgbt”, “Pedophile”, and “Picking Cotton” address the subjects of LGBT rights, sexual assault awareness, and police brutality respectively. In this blog post, I analyze CupcakKe’s motivations behind her music, how she uses vulgarity to reclaim her sexuality in a patriarchal society, and the way her music is impacting minorities and marginalized communities through T. Turino’s theories of music and identity and C. S. Peirce’s theory of semiotics.

Un-Rapping CupcakKe's SEXuality and Activism – “Hump me”, “fuck me”, and “my tunnel loves to deep throat” are among some of the lyrics by 19-year-old female, Chicago rapper, CupcakKe, in her most popular song to date, “Deepthroat” (2015). In the “Deepthroat” music video— which has garnered more than seven million views on YouTube, CupcakKe can be seen wearing a short dress with cutouts for her breasts while she gyrates and swallows a banana, as if she were performing oral sex. Her promiscuity, which is fully integrated into her music and videos, is intended to sexually arouse those that listen to and view her content. But, looking beyond her erotic material, CupcakKe is tackling social injustices through her music. Her songs “Lgbt”, “Pedophile”, and “Picking Cotton” address the subjects of LGBT rights, sexual assault awareness, and police brutality respectively. In this blog post, I analyze CupcakKe’s motivations behind her music, how she uses vulgarity to reclaim her sexuality in a patriarchal society, and the way her music is impacting minorities and marginalized communities through T. Turino’s theories of music and identity and C. S. Peirce’s theory of semiotics.

“Hump me”, “fuck me”, and “my tunnel loves to deep throat” are among some of the lyrics by 19-year-old female, Chicago rapper, CupcakKe, in her most popular song to date, “Deepthroat” (2015). In the “Deepthroat” music video— which has garnered more than seven million views on YouTube, CupcakKe can be seen wearing a short dress with cutouts for her breasts while she gyrates and swallows a banana, as if she were performing oral sex. Her promiscuity, which is fully integrated into her music and videos, is intended to sexually arouse those that listen to and view her content. But, looking beyond her erotic material, CupcakKe is tackling social injustices through her music. Her songs “Lgbt”, “Pedophile”, and “Picking Cotton” address the subjects of LGBT rights, sexual assault awareness, and police brutality respectively. In this blog post, I analyze CupcakKe’s motivations behind her music, how she uses vulgarity to reclaim her sexuality in a patriarchal society, and the way her music is impacting minorities and marginalized communities through T. Turino’s theories of music and identity and C. S. Peirce’s theory of semiotics.