This acappella rendition of Sir MixAlot’s highly successful 1991 rap song is a playful insertion of queer identity into hip hop’s contemporary hyper masculinity. I am interested in drag, karaoke, documentary and blurring the line between overt objectification and covert celebration of the black female body.

I Need Love(rear left)
2006
dvd, 6-min. loop, projection, speakers
size variable

In contrast to Baby Got Back, LL Cool J’s, I Need Love, the first rap love ballad, provided another opportunity for gender performance. Here, I continue to explore ideas of authorship via an acappella appropriation of LL’s declaration of love and desire.