Monthly Archives: December 2002

31 Dec

Iman Saadiqa Abdul-Majid

Iman Saadiqa Abdul-Majid (a.k.a. Tori Baker) was born and raised in Detroit, MI. She became a fan of hip-hop early on listening to her aunts RunDMC, Beastie Boys and Ice-T vinyl. As she got older she got deeper into womens hip-hop, but as gangsta rap took hold and “good” hip-hop became lost in the undertow [...]

22 Dec

Women Need To Build A Foundation of Respect

I feel that it’s safe to say that female rappers/emcees don’t get the respect we deserve. We are still treated like novelties and viewed only as sex objects…and while I can comfortably point my finger at men as the oppressors in this scenario all day long, I won’t.
Instead I will turn my finger all the [...]