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Hill is credited with breaking barriers for female rappers, contributing to the mainstream success of both hip-hop and neo soul, and blending rap with melodic vocals. She has been honored as one of the 50 Great Voices by NPR, and one of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time by Rolling Stone. In 2015, Billboard named her the greatest female rapper.
This category is for female rappers. This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Rappers . It includes rappers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
Awkwafina was born in Stony Brook, New York, [4] the only child of Wally Lum, a Chinese American, and Tia Lum, a Korean American. [5] Her father worked in the information technology field, [4] and comes from a family of restaurateurs—her great-grandfather immigrated to the United States in the 1940s, and opened the Cantonese restaurant Lum's in Flushing, Queens, [6] one of the neighborhood's ...
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 ...
African-American women rappers (201 P) P. Puerto Rican women rappers (13 P) Pages in category "American women rappers"
As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, we’re taking a moment to honor some of our favorite women rappers, from Lil’ Kim and Missy Elliott to Megan Thee Stallion and Cupcakke.
[26] Consequence considered her "a mentor for generations of female MCs, and an early advocate in rap for female empowerment." [27] In 1989, The Christian Science Monitor stated that the popularity of rappers like Roxanne Shante, Salt-N-Pepa, and MC Lyte created a path for the next generation of female hip hop artists. [28]
Straight Outta Compton is a 2015 biographical drama film that tells the story of hip-hop group N.W.A's rise and fall under manager Jerry Heller.The film, directed by F. Gary Gray, stars O’Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, and Jason Mitchell as Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, and Eazy-E, respectively.