women in hip hop

JB the First Lady and the First Lady Crew: First Nations Female Hip Hop

Music post by mel mundell on April 5, 2011 - 9:57am; tagged Canada, Native Americans, women in hip hop.

First Lady Crew member, JB the First Lady, is a beat-boxer, emcee, performing artist, aboriginal youth educator, single mother, award winning actor, and member of the Nuxalk and Cayuga Nations who is "using [her] words to go upwards/not backwards." Check out JB the First Lady’s brand new music video Get Ready, Get Steady after the jump!

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Bechdel Test Canon: Nobody Knows My Name

Movies post by Alyx Vesey on December 20, 2010 - 11:12am; tagged documentaries, Medusa, Rachel Raimist, T-Love, West Coast, women in hip hop, Women Make Movies.

Taking its title from rapper T-Love's song, Nobody Knows My Name is about female participation of hip hop culture as MCs, DJs, breakers, and producers, despite being obscured by a recording industry that doesn't know how or care to figure out how to sell their product.

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New-found fab female MCs plus new music recs and news!

Music post by Kjerstin Johnson on August 18, 2009 - 6:16pm; tagged Christina Aguilera, Emmylou Harris, female artists, hip hop, hip-hop, Invincible, Joy Jones, Kim Deal, Lady Gaga, music, Pens, Rap, Shilpa Ray, the Breeders, women in hip hop, Women in Rock.

After WireTap blogger Biko Baker asked "Where is the Next Lauryn Hill?" last week bemoaning (what seemed like) the lack of women in rap and hip-hop, MC Invincible (interviewed in Bitch's Loud issue) wrote back suggesting dozens of female MCs from around the country. Check out her excellent list of recommendations and discover all the amazing female rappers you didn't know you were missing (I'm already hooked on New Jersey's Lady Luck).