Rapper Roxanne Shanté has a theory about why women in hip-hop now wield not only massive popularity, but respect. “(The music industry) is able to see that female rappers are worth money. They are ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nicki Minaj got to the nitty gritty about her hitch with female rappers, clearing up all the confusion. Clips surfaced online revealing the “Super Freaky Girl” star clarifying her contentious views on ...

Little Simz wants people to stop calling her a female rapper. The discussion around gender labels in hip-hop has intensified in recent years, with many artists advocating for recognition based solely ...

Women have been at the vanguard, battling systems of inequality. Here are 30 underrated female rappers you should know about in 2023. Fifty years into hip-hop, we are officially living in a ...

The 'Voice' coach opens up about how he made a shift in his perspective and in his lyrics mid-way through his career Janine Rubenstein is Editor-at-Large at PEOPLE and host of PEOPLE Every Day podcast ...

From Drake’s ‘Iceman’ to the return of Isaiah Rashad and the big delivery from Latto, this month has a wealth of highly anticipated releases. 16 hours ago Going from “dope” to “decked out,” the Y2K ...

Does the name Sylvia Robinson ring a bell? For hip-hop fans, it should. Not only did she found Sugar Hill Records, the first hip-hop record label, with husband Joe Robinson, she also produced the 1979 ...