We have been in a female rap renaissance for at least the last decade, but this year has been particularly kind to Southern women in rap and their supporters. In June, I was standing in a sold-out ...

The 50th anniversary of hip-hop demands a tribute to the female artists who have played a pivotal role in shaping the genre into the cultural phenomenon we witness today. Hip-hop has long been ...

From ‘Push It’ to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, we're detailing how hip-hop girl group Salt-N-Pepa didn’t just make hits, ...

Coi Leray believes that record labels are to blame for the rise in disputes amongst female rap artists. On Saturday (April 27), the “Players” rapper took to X, formerly Twitter, to share her theory ...

In honor of International Women’s Day on March 8, 2025, let’s celebrate female rappers’ undeniable impact on Hip Hop, particularly their groundbreaking accolades on Billboard’s coveted Hot 100 chart.

Throughout hip-hop’s history, women have been trendsetters and rule-breakers in the culture without being properly recognized as such. DJ Kool Herc is credited as hip-hop’s founding father for playing ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Rasheeda Frost’s decades-long relationship with hip-hop started in 1981. She was a curious, energetic kindergartener — eager to touch and explore anything put in front of her. Rasheeda ...

Hip-hop is celebrating its 50th anniversary throughout 2023, which seemed impossible when the genre was criticized as a fad early on. In 2017, Forbes reported that hip-hop surpassed rock as the most ...

More critiques about the substance in female rap lyrics are pouring in after Ice Spice performed at Power 105’s Powerhouse concert this weekend. The Bronx rapper was dressed in a Halloween costume ...

In an unprecedented move that celebrates her monumental contributions to hip-hop, Roxanne Shanté has become the first solo ...

For this week's staff song pick, Taylor-Brittany Ford chose MC, by up-and-coming female rapper Sirah. Taylor explains why, in the aftermath of Imus, she just can't get MC's call to female rappers and ...