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Jenna Fain
Professor Gonzalez
ENC 1102
27 February 2024
Annotated Bibliography
Garringer, J. (2018, April 6). How does music connect the artist and fans? -
https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1187&context=rbc
This article goes over how music connects artists and listeners. Garringer uses many
familiar examples of artists like Kurt Cobain and how his lyrics were like a look into what he
was thinking. He mentions other artists as well. The author goes into detail about how these
songs are very relatable to fans especially after these songs dropped as the artists mentioned all
committed suicide not long after. Around the middle of the article, he ties this back to how the
meanings of these songs impact fans. He mentions what qualities make celebrities so influential
on fans like similarities and likability. He also mentions relatability and stresses that this can be a
huge factor for how much of a connection the fans feel to the lyrics or the artists. He mentions
how mental health and trauma are huge and can cause a connection to songs for fans as it makes
music and lyrics can be influential on fans due to resonation and relatability. This is a huge part
of my argument as the lyrics in the songs between Nicki Minaj and Megan Thee Stallion actually
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mention a lot of sensitive topics that fans might resonate with. This would cause the songs to be
more influential so I believe that this article will be very helpful in regard to addressing that
Tyree, Tia and Melvin Williams. "Black Women Rap Battles: A Textual Analysis of U.S. Rap
Diss Songs." Women and Music: A Journal of Gender and Culture, vol. 25, 2021, p. 64-
This article by Tia Tyree and Melvin Williams starts off by explaining what diss tracks
are and how they are used in the music industry, more specifically in rap music. It actually
mentions a diss track made against Nicki Minaj by Remy Ma called “ShETHER.” They go into
detail about how diss songs are used to verbally abuse or discredit other artists due to them
having personal drama or conflict with each other. They mention how rap battles can actually
boost both artists careers as well as ruin one or the others. The article mentions numerous times
about how much traction these diss songs will get from listeners. This article is also an analysis
on the influence of black women artists and how they are treated in the industry. They mention
how black women are usually overshadowed by men in general or white women. Later they
mention Hip-Hop Feminism which is women artist supporting each other rather than a diss track.
They go into detail about many other topics including Black Women Rap Politics and Complex
Narratives. Complex Narratives actually analyzes some of the more popular lyric choices and
what they mean. Its main idea is that Black women use diss tracks to shoe dominancr.
I feel as though this article will be extremely beneficial as a source from my research.
The fact that it directly goes into what a diss track is will be helpful. My argument about diss
tracks can be successfully backed up using this information. Not only are diss tracks mentioned,
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but so is the influence of Black Women artists on listeners and each other. This also greatly
connects to my argument as I will be using Nicki Minaj and Megan Thee Stallion as examples
and they are both Black Women Rap Artists who have made at least one “diss track.” Overall,
Chia, S. C., & Poo, Y. L. (2009). Media, Celebrities, and Fans: An Examination of Adolescents’
Media Usage and Involvement with Entertainment Celebrities. Journalism & Mass
This article is a study on adolescent involvement with celebrities and media. It mentions
that adolescents are mainly involved because of mass media. It mentions the three motivations of
the Celebrity Attitudes Scale. These motivations are entertainment-social values, intense-
personal feelings, and borderline-pathological tendency. This article mentions how admiration
also plays a big role on how the media and celebrities will influence adolescents and to what
degree. It mentions how adolescent involvement with celebrities will actually cause them to have
similar, if not the same, materialistic values and other values. Adolescents will actually attempt
to copy a celebrity or alter their own lifestyle to match one of who they are watching. They
mention how celebrity idols actual will function like role models and can affect their fans sense
of self-identity. Adolescents will compare themselves to celebrities and change the things about
themselves that do not imitate the celebrities. It also mentions how female adolescents’
dissatisfaction with their bodies stems from seeing the images of thinness and comparing
themselves to that.
This article will be helpful to my research as well as my argument. The way it is based
around celebrities influence on fans or adolescents goes hand and hand with my argument about
how the specific celebrities Megan Thee Stallion and Nicki Minaj have a huge influence on fans
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lives and how they act. This article lines up with my research questions and is overall extremely