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Nicki Minaj’s Former Manager Debra Antney Explains Why Nicki Is the Hardest Working Rapper Alive
"There wasn’t no partying, there wasn’t no drugs, there wasn’t no guys, there wasn’t none of that. There wasn’t no mess. She wasn’t on a bunch of meds, And she wasn’t into drama... She worked."
Public Enemy's Former Lawyer Talks Cultural Appropriation and Copyrights in Hip-Hop
"Genres of music cannot be owned, so there is no legal mechanism to protect rap artists from cultural appropriation. The best 'protection' is to have a diversity of critical voices opining on the artistic merit of the music."
For MC Lyte, Hip-Hop No Longer Reflects Reality
MC Lyte released the first female rap album in 1988 and her fourth album was the first female rap album to go gold. I talked with the rap pioneer about race and gender within hip-hop culture.
Monie Love Thinks 'Okeydoke Rappers' Are Fucking It Up For Everybody Else
This past August, at the Summer Madness Music Festival & Conference, I took the time to ask a bunch of rap's female OGs about gender in hip-hop and the impact of the so-called "white-washing" of the culture. Who better than Native Tongues member and...
Hip-Hop's First Female MCs Approve of Iggy Azalea
Lisa Lee and Sha-Rock share their thoughts on the "white-washing" of hip-hop.
