Comparisons

I've been doing a lot of research on female urban reggae artists (about them and their music) in order to compare them to our artist. Vanessa Bling, a.k.a Gaza Slim is a  popular upcoming talented dancehall urban

artist who's collaborated with many well known dancehall artists such as; Vybz Kartel, Popcaan and Sheba.

Gaza Slim, formally known as Vanessa Faddler, is 18 and grew up in the Lawrence Tavern community in St.Andrews. She concerntrated more on business-oriented subjects in high school before graduating in 2008. She attended the Grant Hill Pentecostal church in Lawrence Tavern where she took part in the choir. At high school, she was also part of the choir and as soon as she left school, she decided that she wanted to become a professional singer.

''Interestingly, she recorded her first song, Only God Knows with the controversial comedic tag team of Twins of Twins two years ago. And now that she has joined the hottest crew in dancehall today, the Portmore Empire, her stocks are on the rise.'' http://www.entertainmentvybz.com/

From looking at this poster/magazine advert of her, I can see that she's wearing revealing clothes which reinforces female representation (the fact that women should dress seductively in order to attract men). In this image, a famous Jamaican rapper/singer/producer, known as Vybez Kartel is standing behind her. This also reinforces that women need a man to be behind them in whatever they do (especially to become successful).  The way Gaza Slim is posing instantly draws the audience attention to the mid/upper part of her bod (her stomach and breasts). This again reinforces the idea that women are only seen as sex symbols and objects for males in society.  Her jewellery

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae6i6353Rus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd729wRB6-s&feature=related 

Here, her makeup is very bright and colourful (from colourful eye shadow, to fake thick eye lashes, to bright pink and purple lipstick/gloss). This could reinforce her cultural side as (some) Jamaican females wear very olourful makeup and hair to make themselves stand out and to keep the spirit of Carnival.

However, this concept of bright hair and makeup reinforces the idea that women should always look good in order to please men.