Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Issue #030 The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

Collage featuring female rap artists Roxanne Shanté, Lil' Kim, Lauryn Hill, Nicki Minaj and Rapsody

Parveen Narowalia

Arts & Culture, List, Music

The Female Rappers Who Have Held Their Own In A Man’s World

August 22, 2022

In her article For Women In Hip-Hop, Their Greatest Opponent Is Still Misogyny in Issue 006 of Service95, kathy iandoli spotlighted the female artists making waves in the world of rap.

Roxanne Shanté – who perfected the art of battle rap.
Lil’ Kim – who taught us that sex is power.
Lauryn Hill – who mothered the rap style of most men out today.
Nicki Minaj – who took hip-hop to new dimensions.
Rapsody – who didn’t surrender to industry pressure, and remained authentically herself.

kathy iandoli is a critically acclaimed journalist and author of the books God Save The Queens: The Essential History Of Women In Hip-Hop, Baby Girl: Better Known As Aaliyah, and the Lil’ Kim memoir, The Queen Bee. She is also a professor at New York University

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