In the early ’90s, some rappers went from treating women as ’round the way sisters and queens equally down with the movement to acting as if “females” were simply fat-ass, big-breasted objects of desire and only good for one thing. Gradually verses became more sexually charged and lewdness became laudable as promoted by artists like N.W.A. (“Findum, Fuckum & Flee“), Wreckx-n-Effect’s “Rump Shaker” and Sir Mix-A-Lot’s “Baby Got Back.” Soon after, female rappers Lil Kim and Foxy Brown promoted themselves as sexual liberators for a new generation of young girls (and women) alongside jiggy role models Puffy, Biggie and Jay-Z, who preached about money, popping bottles, living large, and, of course, bitches.

It was during this era that Black strip club life changed as rap music transformed spots throughout the country into de facto hip hop clubs. Skirting the laws of the land, many of those same spots went beyond mere stripping. “I think it started happening when the clubs started lowering their standards and allowing the girls to flash and show their coochies,” says Charie, a former dancer. From 1994 to 1997, Charie worked at a variety of clubs in New Jersey (Cinderella’s, Bookers), New York City (The Gentlemen’s Club) and Atlanta (Magic City, Nikki 2). Back then, she was a 21-year-old college student and single mom who was about to be evicted and needed to make quick money. In her three years as a dancer, she witnessed the topless to bottomless to anything-goes transition across the country. “There used to be rules, but the flashing set the tone for some of the clubs, because after the guys see it, then they want to touch it and then it got crazy.”

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