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Lolita Shante Gooden (born March 8, 1969), better known by her stage name Roxanne Shante, is an American rapper. She first gained attention through the Roxanne Wars and was part of the Juice Crew . The 2017 film Roxanne Roxanne is a dramatization of Shante's life.
"Roxanne's Revenge" is the debut single by American rapper Roxanne Shante. It was produced by a then unknown Marley Marl and released in 1984 through the independent label Pop Art Records. In the song, a 14-year-old Roxanne Shante, whose real name is Lolita Shanté Gooden, responds to UTFO 's hit song " Roxanne, Roxanne ".
The Juice Crew was an American hip hop collective made up largely of Queensbridge, New York–based artists in the mid-to-late 1980s.Founded by radio DJ Mr. Magic, and housed by Tyrone Williams' record label Cold Chillin' Records, the Juice Crew helped introduce New School artists MC Shan, Big Daddy Kane, Biz Markie, Roxanne Shante, Masta Ace, Tragedy, Craig G and Kool G Rap.
Roxanne Shanté's hit “Roxanne’s Revenge” received radio airplay — a remarkable feat considering the ambivalence toward rap from music industry brokers in 1984.
14-year old Roxanne created the renowned diss track after freestyling on the instrumental of the original "Roxanne, Roxanne" for 7 minutes straight due to the group, U.T.F.O bailing out on the show organized by Roxanne's friend. This began the infamous Roxanne Wars, leading to several diss tracks being directed towards the teen Roxanne Shanté [33]
Vice President Kamala Harris will celebrate hip-hop’s 50th anniversary Saturday by hosting an all-star celebration at her official residence featuring Common, Jeezy, MC Lyte, Roxanne Shante and ...
In 1984, 14-year-old rapper Roxanne Shante released "Roxanne's Revenge", a response to U.T.F.O.'s record "Roxanne, Roxanne", a song about a woman who would not respond to their advances. [9] After listening to Shante's song on WBLS's Mr. Magic's Rap Attack on New Year's Eve 1985, [ 10 ] Spyder-D decided that Broadnax would respond to Shante's ...
Roxanne Bagnariol is shown on a pillow brought by her family to the sentencing hearing for Jacob Eugene Wyant, who plead guilty to vehicular homicide and attempting to elude a police vehicle in ...