“I’d Like to be a Hipster, But My Cross is too Wide”—The Differentiation of the HipHop Scene and the Renegotiation of Masculinity

The article discusses how transformation processes of gender affect masculinity as an organising principle of the hip hop scene. In the course of constant differentiation, various models of masculinity and a renegotiation of hegemonic masculinity occur, which is exemplified by the track Hipster Hass by the gangsta rapper Fler. In addition to different strategies of retraditionalisation, the gender-linguistic analysis also works out materialities and categories of difference that are made relevant in the context of male identity work in contemporary hip hop.