DMeC - Dyari Media Coursework

Wider reading on race and Old Town Road Answer the following questions:  1) What are the visual cues the article lists as linked to the western genre?  Visual clues and/or denotations include cowboy hats, cow prints, rhinestones, and fringed suede jackets. 2) How did the Yeehaw agenda come about?  In 2018, black pop-culture figures started to dress in cowboy/western outfits . In September of that year, it was dubbed the "Yeehaw Agenda" by Bri Malandro, who's a pop-culture archivist from Texas. 3) Why has it been suggested that the black cowboy has been 'erased from American culture'?  That's because the imagery and representation of cowboys has been predominantly white for a while. Historically, audiences never saw much of black cowboys - nowadays, you see much more of them, and the representation nowadays is much more ensemble/diverse . 4) How has the black cowboy aesthetic been reflected by the fashion industry? It's been represented heavily in the fa...

Background and cultural contexts Answer the following questions:  1) What is the big debate regarding Old Town Road and genre? - Billboard had removed the song from the country music charts as they didn't believe it was a country song - This caused a national debate and people theorised it may be due to other reasons (e.g. racism) 2) What do you learn about the background of Lil Nas X and Old Town Road from the podcast transcript? - Lil Nas X was a Soundcloud rapper and originally posted Old Town Road on there - It quickly grew to viral fame on social media sites - It was bought by record labels after it became a viral success 3) What is the Yeehaw agenda? - The "Yeehaw Agenda" was a cultural movement that mixes + celebrates Black cowboy culture and aesthetics - Challenges current stereotypes of cowboy culture as they featured predominantly white people 4) How did the story become a debate about race in America? - The removal of the song from the charts sparked national d...