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It includes American women rappers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:African-American rappers .
Lana Michele Moorer (born October 11, 1970), better known by her stage name MC Lyte, is an American rapper.Considered one of the pioneers of female rap, [5] [6] [7] MC Lyte first gained fame in the late 1980s, becoming the first female rapper to release a full solo album with 1988's critically acclaimed Lyte as a Rock.
[1] [2] Prior to the addition of the chart, hip hop music had been profiled in the magazine's "The Rhythm & the Blues" column and disco-related sections, while some rap records made appearances on the related Hot Black Singles chart. [3] The inaugural number-one single on Hot Rap Singles was "Self Destruction" by the Stop the Violence Movement. [4]
In 1984 she joined the all-female rap trio Us Girls with Debbie D and Lisa Lee and appeared in the hip-hop dance movie "Beat Street," but soon stepped away from the industry, got married to her ...
And the thundering Roland beat on “P.S.K.” is one of the most recognizable rhythm tracks of ‘80s hip-hop, sampled and interpolated by everyone from the Notorious B.I.G. and Eminem to DJ ...
MC Sha-Rock was named the "mother of the mic as she was the first Female emcee in hip hop. She then joined the hip hop group that were the first ever to receive a record deal called "The Funky 4+1." Sha-Rock helped push Rap into a mainstream spotlight for the rest of America and the world.
Hip-hop artists Wande and Porsha Love sit with artist manager Erinn Knight to discuss the state of women in the The post Black women redefine the landscape of hip-hop | Women’s History Month ...
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