Complexion Obsession Preview

The entertainment industry has always been Obsessed with fare skin. Light skinned women have always been casted in lead roles and are put on a pedestal. Dark skin women are overlooked and usually casted as the stereotypical, over sexed, boodie shakers. Complexion Obsession finds out why in this controversial look at Hip Hop industry's top video vixens including Melyssa Ford, Bria Myles, Vanessa Veasley, Suelyn, and Dollicia Bryan. White rapper Paul Wall also gives his take on why the industry is obsessed with light complexions. This is a Joy Daily Exclusive for www.JoyDaily.tv

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Education

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• Melyssa
• Ford
• Bria
• Myles
• Vanessa
• Veasley
• Suelyn
• Dollicia
• Bryan
• Paul
• Wall
• Joy
• Daily
• Vixens
• Hip
• Hop
• Complexion
• Obsession

[jockay3]

Its pathetic to see general and uneducated statements from grown people. Unless you have met every dark-skinned women on the face of the planet earth you couldn't possibly know if they all have bad attitudes or not. What an ignorant and grossly uninformed comment. And women of all shades and complexions have their moments where they can be nasty. So to say "light skinned girls have better attitudes" is absolutely stupid.

[BlackChicsLoveHamo]

they keep talking about multiracial that get people wondering what race she is..

but honestly..most rap videos are shown on BET ok BLACK entertainment...why do we need to mix it up..cause u have black girls and black guys who are watching the videos the most. If u go on a Latino channel and on their videos that dont have asian and black and white girls..its latina girls..but when it comes to black people..everybody has to be involved..THIS CRAP ON THEIR VIDEOS IS BRAINWASHING, they know it too

[ishjosh]

I AGREE WITH SUELYN AND THE LAST GIRL

[ohsnapitsnd]

It's so ignorant that ppl would say casting a latina as if Latino is one race/one color, there are white, black, asian Latinos of all colors and shades. Not just one particular look

[AlizeCiz]

@lovableangel2005 really? most white people tan to look tanned. not black. and most white women are not out here cosmetically changing themselves. but most black women out here are straightening their hair.

[AlizeCiz]

@Lexia01 the most succesful rappers have majority non black fanbases. ''If it was "just business", how come in latin videos they'll have latin girls?'' - because latinos are the majority cosumers of their music. ''white girls''? - same thing.

[itsmecassiej]

black female artists should do the same thing start glorfiying white or lighter skinned men in their videos

[EdenBeauty100]

@QUIKKSTAR Sub zero IQ jus by your comments. No self respecting woman no matter what race would b seen dead with u period.

[hellokitty7654321]

look this is what i heard from a video girl...the hip hop industry is owned by white men and black women got tired of being disrespected in videos being called sluts and video hoes and they couldn't have white women being portrayed like sluts so what do they do? they put light skin mixed Hispanic women in videos to be disrespected so no one can complain .so black women STOP COMPLAINING because this is a good thing because every time a rapper calls a women a hoe they are talking to those women :)

[macmen007]

If you red the Letter from Willie Lynch you will quickly understand how this brainwashing happened. Look up Willie Lynch.

[Lexia01]

i'm not understanding how it's just business? Majority of the people who consume their music are of African decent. So how are they marketing to get all races to buy? If it was "just business", how come in latin videos they'll have latin girls? If it's a white people video they'll have a white girls? Black videos are the only videos that don't embrace their own race & lift up another. It's brain washing our black youth. These CEO's of these record labels are white people. White supremacy.....

[Applebaum]

its just business??! its just racist discrimination

Why are so many people in denial about this blatant racism and racial self hatred that many black people still have for themselves (the black africaness, dark skin/afro textured hair)

all this damage is leftover from slavery

we just keep passing it down

When is it gonna change? dk skin is as beautiful as anyones elses skin, afro textured hair is as good as straight hair.

many Rappers&BM in general just come off like they hate their blackness