Remember 2000s video vixen Buffie Da Body. She’s credited with ushering in the new BBL craze, that’s sweeping through the world, Media Take Out confirmed.
Except with Buffie, everything was completely natural.
Well Buffie is no longer showing her stuff around town, she’s 51 years old these days and runs a successful clothing company for “thick women.”
And of course, she looks great.
This is her now:
And she’s not always dressed up. Here she is when she’s a bit more classy.
In 2023, video vixens still exist, but they aren’t as prevalent in the same capacity as they were during the hip-hop eras of yesteryear. In the mid-to-late ‘90s and early 2000s, rap videos seemingly weren’t complete without a Black woman or a woman of color to focus on.
It was a form of marketing; directors and artists knew that eye candy would reel in viewers, and thus boost awareness of the song they were pushing. We know all about the rappers who relied on women’s beauty to keep the audience tuned in, but who were these gorgeous, well-paid muses and how did they evolve?
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