female rappers
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'I Want Black Women to Be Louder' Says Megan Thee Stallion on the Cover of GQ's Men of the Year Issue
“Sometimes you just got to remind people that you’re magical and everything about you down to your vagina and to your toes is magical,” says Megan Thee Stallion, who has crafted her own brand of Black girl magic in recent years, casting her spell over a diverse and growing swath of fans. The Houston native—named…
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Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion Bring the Heat and Some Surprise Guests in Music Video for Their New Song 'WAP'
When Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion revealed earlier this week that they had a new collaboration coming out called “WAP,” I began eagerly anticipating and preemptively celebrating a wave of hot girl shit to take my mind off the hot mess that continues to be 2020. The new song and music video from the…
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With a New EP and Rihanna's Stamp of Approval, Bia Is Aiming to Become the 'Best on Earth'
Musician Bia has been waiting in the wings for her moment to arrive, and it appears it’s finally here. The bubbly 28-year-old initially got her start as a cast member on the first two seasons of Oxygen’s T.I.-produced show, Sisterhood of Hip-Hop, alongside artists like Crime Mob’s Diamond and Missy Elliott protégé Brianna Perry. She…
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100% That Billboard Topper: Lizzo Scores No. 1 With ‘Truth Hurts,’ Which She Originally Released in 2017
Men can’t be great when they gotta be great, but Lizzo has stepped into her greatness just in time! That’s right, Lizzo’s hit song “Truth Hurts” has landed at the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100! Lizzo’s first No. 1 song! The jubilant rapper-singer replaced Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello, who previously held the…
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Megan Thee Stallion Teases Fever: Thee Movie, Presented by Hype Williams
Megan Thee Stallion is giving us fever all through the night and it is heating up even more for the entire summer. My feelings for Megan and the concept of “hot girl summer” are already well documented, but adding a whole film franchise to the mix is about to be next-level lit. The 24-year-old rapper…
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Grabbing Feminism by the Mic: This Is How Women in Hip-Hop Are Making a Lane of Their Own
The terms “hip-hop” and “feminism” might seem like oil and water. After all, the culture of misogyny and straight disrespect of women throughout hip-hop culture could lead one to think otherwise. So can a feminist politic exist in a hyper-misogynistic space? The answer: It’s complicated. “Hip-hop feminism” was coined by author and scholar Joan Morgan…
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Hot Girl Shit: Megan Thee Stallion Lands On BillBoard Hot 100 With 'Big Ole Freak'
It’s hard not to root for Megan Thee Stallion, a bawse ass bitch whose efforts and lyricism has placed her in the minds of many a person with taste. As quipped by Essence, Megan Thee Stallion isn’t a one trick pony. Her lyrical stylings have landed her on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart with…
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All About Eve: The Talk’s Newest Host Dishes on Her Evolving Style, Finding Love and Representing for Young Black Girls
When comedian-actress Aisha Tyler left The Talk last summer, who would’ve guessed that rapper Eve would replace her? While Eve reprised her role as Terri in Barbershop: The Next Cut in 2016, the last many of us heard from Eve, she was happily tucked away in London with her mogul husband, Maximillion Cooper. But since…
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MC Lyte on Why Dope Female Emcees Are Now MIA
Thirty years ago, “Take It Lyte” and the more popular “I Cram to Understand U” were how most hip-hop lovers were introduced to MC Lyte. By the time her album Lyte as a Rock dropped the next year, in 1988, there was no debating whether MC Lyte was a bona fide emcee. She was actually…
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Hip-Hop Has a Woman Problem
Let’s go down memory lane for a bit. Twenty-eight years ago marked the release of MC Lyte’s seminal debut album, Lyte as a Rock. It was hip-hop’s first meaningful album from a female emcee. Twenty years ago marked the release of Bahamadia’s Kollage, the best hip-hop album ever from a female rapper. With the help…