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Marie Antoinette Wright (born February 7, 1968), better known by her stage name Free, is an American media personality, television producer, choreographer, rapper, and philanthropist. She became known as the first host (alongside A. J. Calloway ) of Black Entertainment Television 's 106 & Park until 2005.
Cardi B holds various records among women in hip hop; she is the female rapper with the most number-one singles (five) on the Billboard Hot 100, the only female rapper to achieve multiple solo number-ones, and the only to earn number-one singles in two decades (2010s and 2020s).
Janae Nierah Wherry (born April 15, 1998), known professionally as Sexyy Red, is an American rapper and singer.She rose to prominence with the release of her 2023 single "Pound Town" (with Tay Keith); its popularity spawned the remixed sequel "Pound Town 2" (with Nicki Minaj), which marked her first entry on the Billboard Hot 100.
Getty Images (2) Trina is giving Beyoncé her flowers for the impact she’s made on other women in the music industry. “She is the No. 1 female rapper when she does rap. There’s no sleeping ...
Brandi Younger, professionally known by her stage name Gripsta, is an Oakland-born female rapper.Discovered by Ice-T at the age of 13, she was featured on song titled "Funky Gripsta" off of his 1993 album Home Invasion and later signed to Tuff Break/A&M Records in the 1990s.
Female rappers of the late 1990s began engaging in the increasingly hypersexualized genre, using it to gain cultural power and reverse the elevation of pimp roles weaved into many rap songs. Such raunch aesthetics were their source of power in the male dominated genre for many female artists such as Lil Kim .
Nitzia Scott (born October 10, 1990), [1] [2] known professionally as Nitty Scott (formerly known as Nitty Scott, MC), is an American rapper and spoken word poet. Raised in Orlando, Florida , she rose to prominence through her freestyle over Kanye West 's single " Monster " (2010). [ 3 ]
Female rapper MC Lyte has campaigned for the reinstatement of the female-specific category and believes that: "it destroys [hip-hop] culture to not have the perspective of a woman". [4] Bill Freimuth, Recording Academy Vice President of Awards, [ 5 ] claimed that the category was eliminated because "[there] wasn't enough competition essentially ...