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Jackson is also the first female MC to sign to a record label (Sugar Hill Records in 1979), a participant in the first rap world tour (in 1981) and the first female rapper to perform hip-hop on ...
This is a following list of the best-selling female rappers of all time, including albums and singles. Figures for the list include only pure sales figures and available figures after the 1990s: as of 2016 certifications have been combined with streaming or digital audio sales; in this list only digital sales are counted since most of today ...
Sharon Green (born 1962 [1]), also known as MC Sha-Rock, is considered the "first female rapper" or emcee. [2] Born in Wilmington, North Carolina, she grew up in the South Bronx, New York City during the earliest years of hip hop culture and rap music. [3] Within the hip-hop community she has been referred to as the "Mother of the Mic". [4]
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).
Rapper Lichelle 'Boss' Laws died Monday afternoon at 54, The Times confirmed. She was the first female rapper to sign a contract with Def Jam Records.
Women are taking over hip-hop and a lot of these new artists point to Trina as the blueprint. Women are running hip-hop right now. Thank Miami rapper Trina (and Uncle Luke)
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.
Queen Latifah became the first female hip-hop recording artist to get nominated for an Oscar. In 2003, Queen Latifah was awarded Artist of the Year by Harvard Foundation. [120] In 2006, Latifah became the first hip-hop artist to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, [121] and was also inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame in 2011. [122]