The Miami Rap Duo Celebrating Female Pleasure Without Apology
In the most iconic scene of the 1992 thriller Basic Instinct, the murderous novelist Catherine Tramell faces a host of detectives attempting to interrogate her. Sharon Stone, as Tramell, disarms the men—with her sexuality, most infamously, but also with the intelligence required to deploy it against them so nakedly. “I’m not stupid,” she intones, her eyes trained on the camera. Even without the accompanying leg spread, the pointed stare was a power-snatching act of seduction.
More than 25 years later, Stone’s notorious tactic gets a lengthy shout-out in , a recent documentary focused on the Miami rap duo City Girls. Though neither Yung Miami nor J. T. was alive at the time of ’s release, the two rappers draw from Stone’s memorable interrogation sequence in the video for one of the singles from their May debut. “Millionaire Dick” features footage of Yung Miami mimicking Stone-ian allure. Men fall, quite literally, into her lap. Later, her jewel-clad partner in crime, J. T., sits atop a throne. Both women are surrounded by money at various points; they’re periodically shown twerking in front of giant red letters. It’s gloriously, glamorously unsubtle. It’s peak City Girls.
