We have been in a female rap renaissance for at least the last decade, but this year has been particularly kind to Southern women in rap and their supporters. In June, I was standing in a sold-out ...

From ‘Push It’ to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, we're detailing how hip-hop girl group Salt-N-Pepa didn’t just make hits, ...

Pepa, who are in the middle of a dispute over ownership of their masters, used their induction speeches at the Rock and Roll ...

In honor of International Women’s Day on March 8, 2025, let’s celebrate female rappers’ undeniable impact on Hip Hop, particularly their groundbreaking accolades on Billboard’s coveted Hot 100 chart.

Throughout hip-hop’s history, women have been trendsetters and rule-breakers in the culture without being properly recognized as such. DJ Kool Herc is credited as hip-hop’s founding father for playing ...

Hip-hop is celebrating its 50th anniversary throughout 2023, which seemed impossible when the genre was criticized as a fad early on. In 2017, Forbes reported that hip-hop surpassed rock as the most ...

*In a milestone celebration of hip-hop culture and innovation, HOT 97, New York’s foremost station for hip-hop, announces a female rapper-dominated lineup for its iconic Summer Jam concert series.

Women’s History Month is a chance to celebrate women’s cultural, artistic, and societal contributions across all spectrums of society. While flowers have been (rightfully) given to today’s female ...

For this week's staff song pick, Taylor-Brittany Ford chose MC, by up-and-coming female rapper Sirah. Taylor explains why, in the aftermath of Imus, she just can't get MC's call to female rappers and ...

In an unprecedented move that celebrates her monumental contributions to hip-hop, Roxanne Shanté has become the first solo ...