Nikki Giovanni probably gets heartburn each time she sees Lil Kim’s pasties. Julia de Burgos’s spirit must rumble in her grave with every mention of Jackie-O or Foxy Brown’s couchies.
Angela Davis, Sonia Sanchez, Celia Cruz, Maya Angelou, Lolita Lebron, strong intelligent women, poets, activists, who have open the paths for hip-hop’s divas, must frown [...]
From New York to Los Angeles, Miami to Portland, and every city in between, there is a new issue brewing among the female gender and hip-hop. However, this time the issue doesn’t lie with a Lil’ Kim album cover or the abundance of flesh showing on the females in hip-hop videos. Instead, these things are [...]
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 [...]
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