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B-Girl Be History of Women in Hip Hop©3/2005

This resource list was compiled by Rachel Raimist , Miranda Jane, Monalisa Murray, and Desdamona. One of our goals for B-Girl Be is to unite women of all ages from all walks of life --- academics, activists, aficionados, and beginners --- to experience the elements of Hip Hop. To bring everyone up to speed, we’ve compiled this comprehensive list of links, broken down by subject. The B-Girl Be Summit begins on June 2, 2005. In the meantime, check out the following resources and other links to online magazines, websites and in-depth articles featuring women in Hip-Hop

Jump to a category:
Blogs
Academic Writing
Articles
Books
Magazines
Breakdancing
Graffiti Girls: All City Queens
Music: Listen Up!
Clothing
GLBTQ
Women’s Resources
Organizations

Events / Conferences
Hip-hop Music and Film Festivals
Twin Cities Artist Events
International Women’s Film Festivals
Sisters In the Struggle
Women Artists
Ladies Lacking Links
B-Girls
Activists / Feminists
Businesswomen
Journalists, Writers, Editors
Elders U Should Know

General Topics

Blogs
You didn’t know the “b” in Blog stands for B-Girl? Now U know! Here are a few weblogs by and about women in Hip Hop…

Journalist/Writer Danyel Smith:
http://nakedcartwheels.blogspot.com/

Writer/Editor/Vocalist Miranda Jane:
http://pyramids2projects.blogspot.com/

Writer/Editor Lynne D. Johnson:
http://www.lynnedjohnson.com/diary/

Writer Marilynn Griffith:
http://marilynngriffith.typepad.com/

Poetess/MC Desdamona:
http://princessofthepoemdesdamona.blogspot.com/

Filmmaker/Feminist Rachel Raimist:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/raim0007/RaeSpot/

Writer/Educator Imani Perry:
http://afronetizen.blogs.com/imani/

Discussion about Essence’s Take Back the Music/Hip Hop Feminism on Black Feminism Dot Org:
http://blackfeminism.org/index.php/2005/01/15/take-back-the-music/

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Academic Writing
As Hip Hop has become more of a force over the last three decades, students and academics have focused on all aspects of the culture. Below are some links including articles from college newspapers, course websites, thesis papers, and more.

Women and the Media Course Description:
http://www.albany.edu/faculty/jhobson/wss281/wss281_05.pdf

University of Michigan Underground – South African Women in Hip Hop:
http://www.umich.edu/~undrgrnd/scenes.html

U of Chicago Article: First conference on hip-hop culture will assess how that culture portrays women:
http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/050303/hip-hop.shtml

Barnard Center for Research on Women Article: Hard Women, Soft Politics and Radical Chic in Hip-Hop:
http://www.barnard.edu/sfonline/mead/morgan.htm

NYU School of Journalism Bullpen Article: Hip-Hop Journalism Roundtable: Raquel Cepeda’s "And It Don’t Stop":
http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/bullpen/hiphop_journalism_roundtable/

Essay: Latina Women in Hip-Hop:
http://students.washington.edu/jasmiz/Zavala2.doc

Howard University, The Hilltop Article: Students, Industry Professionals Discuss Women and Hip-Hop Culture:
http://www.thehilltoponline.com/news/2003/10/03/Campus/Students.Industry.Professionals.Discuss.Women.And.HipHop.Culture-511528.shtml

Singing Women – History of Women in American Music (see Queen Latifah):
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~claguem/courses/MHM408508/listguide6.htm

Syllabus – Multicultural Perspectives on Women in the United States:
http://www.uga.edu/wsp/academic/syllabiF03_pdfs/WMST_%201110_ThomasS_0803.pdf

Radcliffe Workshop: “Hip-Hop, Culture, and Gender: A Workshop for Faculty Development and Feminist Debate”:
http://www.radcliffe.edu/students/gcws/index.php

Lesson Plan: Object or Subject? Women in Hip Hop:
http://www.flippingthescript.net/lessonplans/women.pdf

UC Santa Barbara – Black American Feminism: A Multidisciplinary Bibliography:
http://www.library.ucsb.edu/subjects/blackfeminism/ah_music.html

Georgia State University Abstract: Emulated through Images: The Globalization of Misconstructed African American Beauty and Hip-Hop Culture:
http://globalization.icaap.org/content/v4.1/reddick-morgan.html

UWC South Africa – “Her-Story of Rap”:
http://www.uwc.ac.za/arts/english/beyond/liezille.htm#Her-story%20of%20women%20in%20rap

Thesis: B-Boy or B-Girl? A Gender Analysis of Breakdancing:
http://www1.hollins.edu/classes/dance/website/Erika's%20Web%20copy/Erika's%20Web/B-boy%20or%20B-Girl.htm

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Articles
Girls Will B-Girls - More than just beauties with beat, these girls battle the status quo: http://www.dancespirit.com/backissues/march02/urban.shtml

Girls Playing a Boy's Game - Female graffiti artists:
http://www.gadflyonline.com/archive/JulyAugust00/archive-graffiti.html

Dirty Dancing - In part two of our Take Back the Music series, we go behind the scenes with video girls. As pimp culture goes mainstream, are we getting paid or played?:
http://www.essence.com/essence/themix/takebackthemusic/

Art on city walls, no matter the subject, makes for far more interesting scenery:
http://www.azstarnet.com/dailystar/printSN/10442.php

Love Hurts – Vibe Magazine exposes domestic violence in Hip-Hop:
http://sfj.abstractdynamics.org/archives/emblovehurts.pdf
http://feministing.com/archives/000954.html

Hip-Hop Women Stride Into Spotlight:
http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/1702/context/archive

Feminist looks at role of women in hip-hop songs, music videos:
http://www.bcheights.com/news/2005/02/21/News/Journalist.Explores.HipHop.Culture-871281.shtml

Tricia Rose - author, a hip-hop scholar, a feminist and a prof at UCSC. She cuts to the chase on MTV charades, sexism and the 'unfettered whiteness' of being:
http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/07.10.03/rose-0328.html

Ladies First: Female MCs:
http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/20040217rapwomen0217fnp4.asp

Female DJs Got a Foot Through the Door, Ain't Goin' Nowhere:
http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0129,cepeda,26472,1.html

By The Evolution of Women in Hip Hop:
http://www.broadsideonline.com/article.php?date=03-22-2004&section=style&article=women_in_hip_hop.txt

The Ladies, The Ladies—Interview with DJ Kuttin Kandi:
http://www.5thplatoon.com/articles/kuttinkandiinterview.htm

Deconstructing Lil' Kim:
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1264/is_6_31/ai_65540870

Attack the Rap - Sick of being called hoes and bitches, a group of young women in Boston has set up a new radio station to fight rap's misogyny.:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/gender/story/0,11812,1164395,00.html

The War on Girls, Sex, Lies and Videos - The images we see in today’s hip-hop videos are making our girls less than the sum of their parts. A noted cultural critic explains why we can no longer afford to be silent.:
http://www.nku.edu/~taylorann/warongirls.htm

Ladies Last - Once Atop The Scene, Female MCs Are Singing the Blues:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38001-2004Dec30.html

Boys Vs. Girls:
http://pitch.com/issues/2003-11-13/feature.html

Article/Video Clips: Women Find Role in Hip Hop:
http://www.nynewsday.com/impulse/music/hiphop/nyc-etwomen1012,0,1407560.story

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Magazines
B-Gyrl Dot Com – Female Hip Hop, Femcees & B-Girls
http://b-gyrl.com/

Sister SF – Women DJs and MCs in San Francisco and Beyond
http://www.sistersf.com/

Verbalisms Magazine – the online home of Verbalisms. Featuring content revolving around women in hip-hop
http://www.verbalisms.com/

Phem Phat – Canadian website dedicated to women in Hip-hop
http://www.phemphat.com/initial.html

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Breakdancing
B-Girl Breakdance Sites: The links below are just a few examples of B-Girls on the net. You’ll find links for B-Girl crews, event information, informative articles and general breakdance information. Check out . . .BREAKGIRL - news, video clips, B-girl related stuff & eventshttp://www.breakgirl.comSisterz of the Underground - a collective of female expressionists in San Francisco and worldwidehttp://www.sisterzunderground.com/
B-Girl Champs Worldwide – international B-Girl sitehttp://www.bgirlchamps.com/flash.php
Montäzh Performing Arts Company – Ladies of Hip Hop Sessionshttp://www.montazhpac.org/#
SYNERGY (Stimulated Young Women Networking Energy to Regenerate a Greater Youth)http://synergycrew.com/
Shebang! B-Girl Crew – L.A., Toronto, and worldwidehttp://shebangcrew.com/http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2001-08-16/music_feature3.html
Infinite777 - a management and marketing team of talented Break Dancers and Hip Hop Dancershttp://infinite777.com/2004_frame_one.htm
Project B-Girls – B-Girls Unitehttp://users.skynet.be/patzo/projectbgirls.html
Female Artistics – B-Girlz Rock da Worldhttp://www.femaleartistics.com/
Tru-Essencia Company – B-Girls Representhttp://www.truessencia.com/tru_essencia_bio.htm

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Noted as the first element of Hip-hop Culture, Graffiti has historically been a “boy’s club” where women are excluded. Still, through perseverance and sheer talent, numerous women have gone down in history as some of the illest and most talented in Graffiti art. Here are some links and articles where you can learn more about the female presence in Graffiti

The term “all-city” was created to describe a New York Graffiti artist who painted so many trains, so often, that you literally could see his (or her) name all over the city of New York. In the ‘70s and ‘80s, possibly hundreds of artists were crowned “Kings” of the subway lines --- those who became famous for their style, superior artistic skill, or even the sheer number of times they got up. But for all of those artists, only a handful of women bombed the trains, and gained fame for Graffiti girls who would later color the world’s face with aerosol paint. In remembrance and respect, we cite their names here.

2CUTE

ABBY

ANGIE 97

ANNI

ASEM

ASIA

ASYRA

AURA

BADY MINCK

BARBARA 62

BARMAID 36

BIG BIRD 107

BITCH

CHARMIN (Tagged the Statue of Liberty)

CHIC.( Female inside writer, who Bombed with SS )

CHINA

CHRISCHI

CHU-CHU 2

CLAW

CLORE

CODE

CORA E

CUNT

DAISY

DANONE

DEEN

DONA

END 2

ERA ( Female writer. Bombed the insides of the M's in 1982.)

ESA

EVA

EVA 62 ( One of the first female writer's from the early 1970's)

FANCIE

FEZ

GIDGET ( Female writer from the early and mid 1970's. Bombed the D – line.)

GINA

GIZMO

GRAPE I

G-SPOT

IRENE 159

JADE

JAKEE

JOY

JOYCE

KARAFINA

KATE

KATHY 161

KATHY 97

KIKI (Early female writer who wrote with PO-NIE. 1-167)

KIVA (Female writer from the 1970's )

KLOR

KRISSY

LADY HEART

LADY JANE

LADY PINK

LAREINA

LARI

LEAH6

LEYS

LINDA 99 (Female writer from Brooklyn. Hit the E's and F's in the early - mid 1970's)

LINE 149

LION GIRL

LIZZIE

LOLLO

LOLLY POP 136 (Female writer from the early 1970's)

LOTUS

MIMI (Female writer. Was All City in 1974)

SAKU .( Female writer from the 1970's )

SS ( SUPER SKATE ) ~ Female writer. Killed the insides of the BMT's. 1980's )

SWEET SUGER. 379 .. ( Female writer from Queens, early 1970's )

Z - 28 ... ( Old School female writer from the mid 70's)

149th Street Women – One of the most comprehensive Graffiti websites offers information about female Graf artists
http://www.at149st.com/women.html

One Eight Three Dot Com – Australian website with a section on female Graf
http://www.oneeightthree.com/html/junewomenpt1.html

L.A. Graf Artist Tribe’s Website
http://www.djladytribe.com/
http://esc28.midphase.com/~sanchezl/graffiti_pictures1.html

Lady K Interview from Six Centz Dot Com
http://www.sixcentz.com/interviews/ladyk_inter.htm

French Graffiti Artist FAFI
http://www.fafi.net/accueil.html

TASH One Interview/Photos
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Workshop/2105/tashindex.html

Lady Pink Article
http://thegalleriesatmoore.org/publications/ladygc.shtml

Lady Pink and Smith Images
http://www.graffiti.org/pinksmith/

Minck (Austria)
http://world-information.org/wio/program/participants/992284000

Remove One (L.A.)Interview
http://losangelescrews0.tripod.com/removeei.html

Su-Preme (Berlin, Germany)
http://www.beepworld.de/members50/riotgrrl/suprema.htm

Article: Boys Vs. Girls
http://pitch.com/issues/2003-11-13/feature.html

Women in Graffiti
http://www.jhblive.co.za/VodaCom4u/chapter2/default_08.htm

Women in Graffiti Article from Tucson Weekly
http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/cityweek/Content?oid=oid:52761

Lady Misk Page on Robots Will Kill Dot Com
http://www.robotswillkill.com/graffiti/showgraff.php?artist_id=1546

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Music: Listen Up!
Check these links for lists, songs, albums, online radio stations, playlists, and links of Women Hip Hop artists we love and albums we live by and recommend—from local, to national, to international and interplanetary.http://www.wxyc.org/tnf/050303.html

Fat Beats & Bra Straps
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/artist/glance/-/170397/102-6052696-0734537

CUBAN LINX

Got Links? Did we miss something? Dead link? LET US KNOW!

bgirl@intermediaarts.org or raim0007@umn.edu

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Clothing
One of the extended elements of Hip Hop culture is style, particularly related to clothing. It’s no wonder that some talented B-Girls have ventured into the business of clothing design. Here are a few examples of clothing lines for and by B-Girls.

B-Girl Style by East Melrah Design
http://www.bgirlstyle.com/main.htm

Top 10 Hip Hop Clothing Lines for Women from About Dot Com
http://rap.about.com/cs/gear/tp/femmclothingpix.htm

Evolve Universal
http://www.evolveuniversal.com/ or http://www.digitalgravel.com/itemframes.cfm?cat=8&vndr=1010

Mama Clothing
http://www.mamaclothing.com

Fafi (France)
http://www.fafi.net/shop/2005collection/all.html

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Hip-hop GLBTQ
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer communities representing Hip Hop? You might think that these communities are not part of Hip Hop culture, but the links below prove otherwise.

Gay Hip Hop Dot Com
http://www.gayhiphop.com

Article: Homos, Hot Beats & Hip Hop
www.keithboykin.com/arch/000695.html

Article: Gay hip-hop is bangin'
http://www.newyorkblade.com/2004/12-10/locallife/main/hiphop.cfm

Article: Young, Black, Gifted-and Gay
http://archive.blackvoices.com/articles/daily/index_20010712_2.asp

Article: They're here, they're queer and they homohop.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2003/09/10/DD182424.DTL&type=music

Article: Book Talk- Steen G. Fullwood - On Working Toward A Revolution
http://www.vibe.com/print.php?sid=469

FemmeNoir:Portal for Lesbians of Color -Hanifah Walidah (Sha-Key)
http://www.femmenoir.net/Leaders-Legends/HanifahWalidah.htm

MC Sha-Key (Hanifah Walidah)
http://www.queerculturalcenter.org/pages/Qfestival03/PRHanifa.html
http://www.femmenoir.net/Leaders-Legends/HanifahWalidah.htm

Rapper JenRo
http://www.jenromusic.com/
http://www.girlconnex.com/Artist/JenRO/jenro.html

Rapper God-des
http://www.god-des.com/
http://www.girlconnex.com/Artist/Goddes/goddes.html

Rapper Paradigm
http://www.afterellen.com/People/paradigm-interview.html
http://www.girlconnex.com/Artist/Paradigm/paradigm.html

MC Shelly Quest
http://www.girlconnex.com/Artist/Shelly/shelly.html
http://www.shellyquest.com/

DJ Hi-Tone
http://www.girlconnex.com/Artist/DJHiTone/hitone.html
http://hosting.girlconnex.com/HiTone/

Rapper and DJ Miss Money
http://www.girlconnex.com/Artist/Money/money.html
http://www.missmoney.net/

Artist/Producer/Actress Tre Azure
http://www.girlconnex.com/Artist/Tre/tre.html
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Tre_Azure/

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http://rap.about.com/cs/womeninrap/

http://www.femceesfinland.com/

http://www.mp3.com/Hip-Hop's+Femme+Fatales/stories/1189.html

http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=ladiesfirst&mode=full

http://rapandhiphopmusic.giphoria.com/interviews/mama_said_knock_you_out.htm

http://www.illmuzik.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-4849.html

Article: How Hip Hop Emerged
http://www.jayquan.com/emerg.htm

Diva Station Links
http://www.divastation.com/rp_hh.html

Strong Women in Rap (includes Links)
http://www.mediastudies.pomona.edu/pages/projects/ms49_spring99/baker/jo.html

The Street Harrassment Project
http://www.streetharassmentproject.org/index.html

Wendy Day’s Rap Coalition (Music Business Info)
http://www.rapcoalition.org/index.html

The Hip-Hop Association
http://www.h2ed.net/Unite!

Women of Color Against Violence
http://www.incite-national.org/conf/index.html

www.urbanthinktank.org www.hiphoparchive.org http://www.mighty4.com/
http://www.hiphop-directory.com/

best event newsletter email toolsofwar@aol.com

best newsletter www.daveyd.com

hip-hop news site www.allhiphop.com

hip-hop news site www.sohh.com http://www.mygumbo.com/gumbomag/home.asp
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/03/hip.hop/
http://www.funkdigital.com/mt/archives/000126images_of_black_women_in_hiphop.html
http://www.mysistahs.org/features/hiphop.htm http://www.rapnewsdirect.com/News/2005/03/04/Women/

http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/17788/http://www.alternet.org/story/19527/
http://www.curvemag.com/Detailed/168.html
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1077/is_10_56/ai_76770621
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38001-2004Dec30.html
http://www.dunation.com

www.wildstyle.com

www.rocksteadycrew.com

www.cantstopwontstop.com

http://www.soundwalk.com/

www.149st.com

www.12ozprophet.com

http://www.artcrimes.org/

Original Hip Hop Lyrics Archive
www.ohhla.com

Experience Music Project’s Hip Hop Timeline

http://www.emplive.com/explore/hiphop/index.asp

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Sista II Sista – Brooklyn-based community organization/collective of women of color
http://www.sistaiisista.org/main.html

We Got Issues – Raising the Voice of a New Female Generation
http://wegotissues.org/

Women of Color Resource Issue
http://www.coloredgirls.org/index.cfm

Third Wave Foundation
http://www.thirdwavefoundation.org/

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April 2005 University of Chicago Feminism and Hip Hop Conference
http://csrpc.uchicago.edu/fhhc/conference_description.shtml

List of Hip Hop Conferences from Hip Hop Archive Dot Orghttp://www.hiphoparchive.org/research/conferences.htm

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Check out these links to learn more about documentaries, shorts, movies, films, and works-in-progress for and by Women in Hip Hop, and the Hip Hop community at large.

http://www.clubzone.com/events/event14531.html http://www.incite-national.org/conf/cov3film.html http://www.hiphopfilmfestival.com

http://www.atlhiphopfilmfest.com/index2.html

http://www.peak.sfu.ca/the-peak/2004-3/issue2/ar-vihhff.html

http://www.h2ed.net/

http://www.pantherfilmfest.com/

http://vihf.com/2004/index.htm

http://www.tumf.net/film.html

http://www.rooftopfilms.com/

http://www.hiphop-directory.com/Movies_and_Documentaries/Producers/index.php

http://www.soundunseen.com

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No, it’s not New York or L.A., but Minneapolis and St. Paul still represent Hip Hop. Check out these links to learn more about local artists and events.Digital Underground Nationhttp://www.dunation.com

Protegee
http://www.protegee-online.com/

Kandi-apolis
http://www.geocities.com/lucreativegroup

Divine
http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=3686528&Mytoken=20050322080147

Nekay
http://www.nekay.tk/

Scelestine
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/scelestine
www.scelestine.com

Sarah White

http://www.myspace.com/traditionalmethodsprofiles.myspace.com/users/12649191

http://www.interlock.cc

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http://www.womenofcolorpro.citymax.com/page/page/346977.htm

http://www.madcatfilmfestival.org/

http://www.widc.org/

http://www.winfemme.com/

http://www.wmw.com.tw/

http://www.rmwfilmfest.org/

http://www.womenfest.net/

http://www2.ucsc.edu/woc/fvf.html

http://www.aawic.org/

http://www.womenfilmnet.org/festies.htm

http://www.beaconcinema.com/womfest/

http://www.cinefemme.org/

http://calendar.walkerart.org/event.wac?id=1725

http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/pfa_programs/women_of_color/index.html

http://www.filmcommissionhq.com/event.jsp?id=1275

http://www.iyalodeproductions.com/fimfest.html

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Sisters In the Struggle

There are more elements than four to this Hip-Hop culture. We have women representing in journalism, writing, editing, activism, feminism, the dance and performing arts, music business, and in myriad ways – all expressing power through sisterhood. In no way does the list below represent EVERY woman doin’ her thing – just some names for you to remember and refer back to when studying/adding on to your Hip-Hop knowledge.

Take a deep breath, ya’ll, ‘cause your about to witness the strength of sisterhood. The list below has NEVER been compiled before or published in any form. Whenever possible, we’ve listed an OFFICIAL URL for these artists, or the most comprehensive link we could find. To create a historical document, we’ve listed each and every female MC, DJ, producer who has EVER recorded or performed Hip-Hop, Rap, or related poetry/music. Not everyone has a URL or link. If we’ve missed someone, or omitted their website(s), please hit us up at bgirl@intermediaarts.org or raim0007@umn.edu.

Aya de Leon (poet)http://www.ayadeleon.com/

La Bruja (MC/poet)
www.labrujanyc.com

Medusa
www.onebadsista.com

Amil
http://www.mp3.com/amil/artists/380160/summary.html

Angie Martinez
http://www.mp3.com/angie-martinez/artists/280941/summary.html

Bahamadia
http://www.mp3.com/bahamadia/artists/140896/summary.html

Boss
http://www.mp3.com/boss/artists/29307/summary.html

Jazzy Joyce
http://www.hot97.com/airstaff/djjazzyjoyce.aspx

Sha Rock Funky Four + 1 More)
http://www.emplive.com/explore/vow/index.asp?a=womensHistory&who=shaRock

Pebblee Poo
http://www.jayquan.com/peblee.htm

Mercedes Ladies
http://www.oldschoolhiphop.com/artists/emcees/mercedesladies.htm

Salt-N-Pepa
http://www.mmguide.musicmatch.com/artist/artist.cgi?ARTISTID=362699&TMPL=LONG
http://www.divastation.com/snp/snp_bio.html

Queen Latifah
http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-q/queenlatifah_main.htm

Eve
http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-e/eve.htm

Queen Godis
http://www.queengodis.biz/

DJ Beverly Bond
http://www.beverly-bond.com

DJ Mecca
http://www.nyfolklore.org/progs/hiphop/djmecca.pdf

Lil’ Kim
http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-l/lilkim.htm
http://www.divastation.com/lil_kim/lilkim_bio.html

MC Lyte
http://mc-lyte.com/home.html
http://sphinxmg.com/artist/lyte.asp

Jean Grae (Whut What)
http://www.jean-grae.com/
http://www.babygrande.com/artists.jsp?artist=8

Erykah Badu
http://www.okayplayer.com/erykahbadu/

Patra
http://www.divastation.com/patra/patra_bio.html

Meshell N’Degeocello
http://www.divastation.com/meshell_ndegeocello/ndegeocello_bio.html

Ursula Rucker
http://www.ursula-rucker.com/index2.html

Roxanne Shante
http://sphinxmg.com/artist/roxanne.asp

Conscious Daughters
http://www.guerillafunk.com/theconsciousdaughters

Sista Souljah
www.sistersouljah.com
http://sphinxmg.com/artist/sister_souljah.asp

Yejide the Night Queen
http://www.trusfund.com/EyeTreeSociety/Yehide/YejideBio.html

Toni Blackmon
http://www.echoinggreen.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageId=105

Rah Digga
http://www.mtv.com/bands/az/rah_digga/artist.jhtml

Choklate
http://www.jasirimusic.org/

M.I.A.
http://www.miauk.com/

Ms. Dynamite
http://www.msdynamite.co.uk/ms_d/default.asp

Stacey Ann Chin
http://staceyannchin.com/v2/index.html

Sarah Jones
http://www.sarahjonesonline.com/

Bridget Gray (poet)
http://www.bridgetgray.com

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* denotes local Twin Cities artist

Afrikaren

Afrobluu

Angel

Anomalies

Anquette

Antoinette

Apani B. Fly MC

B Brown Posse (BBD)

B. Angie B (Oaktown’s 3-5-7)

Bahamadia

Big Chan (Doggy’s Angels)

Blondie

Bo$$

Body & Soul

Bonnie & Clyde (Terminator X)

B-Siide

Bytches with Problems

Cha Cha

Charli Baltimore

Chili (T-L-C)

Coco Chanel

Cognac (Doggy’s Angels)

conscious daughters

Da Brat (First solo female MC to sell Platinum)

Da’arina (Hobo Junction)

Dangerous Dames (Passion and ?)

Dani Girl

Daughters of Mary Jane

Davina

Dawn Penn

Def Dames

Desdamona *

Dessa Darling *

Diana King

Dimples Dee

DJ Backside

DJ Beverly Bond

DJ Big Sis Tam

DJ Cocoa Chanelle (producer/DJ)

DJ Dimepiece

DJ EQ

DJ Jiji Sweet

DJ K Swift

DJ Kaye Dunaway

DJ Kuttin Kandi (Anomolies/5th Platoon)

DJ Lazy K

DJ Mecca

DJ Mz Blendz

DJ Shortee

DJ Spinderella

DJ Symphony

DJ TiTi Torrez

Doggy’s Angels

Double Dutch Girls

Dymne

Est'elle

Eve

Feline Science

Finesse & Synquis

Five Deadly Venomz

Five Footaz

Foxy Brown

Gangsta Boo

Get Fresh Girls

Gilette

Glamour Girls

Glaze New York

Gloria Velez

Goapele (vocalist/producer)

Harmony

HEAT *

Heather B

Heather Hunter

Hoes with Attitude

Honey Jones

Hurricane G

Ice Cream Tee

Icey Jaye

Ilysasah Shabazz (daughter of Malcolm X)

Indigo *

Infamous Syndicate

Invincible

Isis

Jacki O

Jaguar Wright

Jamie Somerz (Wu-Fam)

Jane Blaze

Jane doe

Jaz-Ming

Jazzy Joyce

JazzyFat Nastees

Jean Grae a/k/a Whut? What! (Natural Resource)

Jersee Monét

Jessica Lyman Lopez *

Jessy Moss

JJ Fad

Ju-L (Jewell of Death Row)

Karma *

Kima

Koko

Koko Asha (S.I.N./Medusa)

Kuttin Kandi

L’Trimm

La Mala (spain)

LA Starr

LaChat (3-6 Mafia)

Lady Luck

Lady of Rage

Lady Saw

Latocha Scott

Latrice

Lauryn Hill (MC/vocalist/producer)

Left-Eye

Leschea

Leshaun

LeShaun

Lil Kim

Liz Leite

Lois Lane

Lo-Wife

Madame Moreaux (Monsta Island Czars)

Mahasin

Makeba Mooncycle

Mama mystique

Marie

Marie Antoinette

Mary J. Blige

MC Luscious

MC Lyte

MC Smooth

MC Trouble (Rest in Peace)

Mercedes (No Limit)

Mercury

Me'shell Ndegéocello

Mia X

Michie Mee & L.A. Luv

Mimi the China Doll

Ming-Xia

Miss E.

Miss Jones

Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliot

Mocha

Mona Lisa

Monie Love

Motha Superia

Mothra (Monsta Island Czars)

Motion

Ms. Dynamite

Ms. Jade

Ms. Melody

Murder Mamis

Mystic

Neb Luv

Nefertiti

Neneh Cherry

Nicki Nikkole (producer)

Nicole

Nicole Wray

Nikke Nicole

Nikki D

Nonchalant

Northern State

N-Tyce

Oaktown’s 3-5-7

Pam the Funkstress a/k/a DJ Pam (The Coup)

Paula Perry

Paulette Tee & Tanya Sweet & Tee Winley

PaviElle French aka Lady Luca *

Phen 4

Phoebe One

Poetess

Pri the Honey Dark (MC/producer)

Protegee *

Psalm One

Punany Poets

Pure Essence *

Queen Latifah

Queen Lisa Lee

Queen Mother Rage

Rah Digga

Rah Goddess

Rayna Shyne

Remy Martin a/k/a Remy Ma (Terror Squad)

Roxanne Shanté

Sarah White (Traditional Methods) *

Sarai

Sha Rock (Funky Four + 1 More)

Shä-Key

shannon kee

Shaunta (Missy)

Shawnna (DTP, Infamous Syndicate)

Shazzy

She Rockers

Shorty No Mas

Silk Tymes Leather

Silk-E

Silk-e Fine

Simple E

Sistah Mimi *

Sister Nancy

Solé

Sonja Blade

Sparky D

Stacy Epps (Scienz of Life/SOL Uprising)

Stahrr the Femcee

Steph Lova

Suga T

Suggah B ( w/ T Love in Urban Prop)

Suheir Hammad

Super Nature

Sweet Tee

Symbolic Three

Tairrie B

Tamrock

Tanya Winley

T-Bag

T-Boz

Tee Kee

Teena Marie

Tekitha (Wu-Fam)

Tempa

The Angel (producer)

The Boss

The Cookie Crew (UK)

The Kaperz

The Next Chapter

The Next Chapter (producer, Laswunzout)

The Real Roxanne

The Sequence

The Wee Papa Girl Rappers

T-L-C

T-Love

Tiye Phoenix

Trina

Two Sisters

Us Girls

Vanylla (Bay Be)

Vinia Mojica

Vita

Wanda Dee

Wendy Williams

Wildflower

Yo-Yo

Yummy (De La Soul fam)

Y-vette Money

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Headspin Janet

Asia One

Honey Rockwell

Lady Jewels

A-B Girl

Big Lez

Fatima Robinson

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Carmelita Sanchez (World Famous Wake Up Show)

Christie Z Pabon

Eleanor Tatum (publisher of the Amsterdam News)

Kimora Lee-Simmons

Kool Lady Blue (club promoter and manager of Rock Steady Crew)

Mona Scott (Violator Management)

Monica Lynch (former Tommy Boy A&R)

Sylvia Rhone (WEA Exec)

Sylvia Robinson (Founder, Sugar Hill Records)

Tina Davis (Island/Def Jam Exec)

Wendy Day (Rap Coalition)

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Bridgette Moore

J-Love

Marinievas Alba

Rosa Clemente

Yvonne Bynoe

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Asha Bandele

Black Artemis

Cristina “Dulce” Veran

Danyel Smith

Dream Hampton

Elizabeth Mendez-Barry

Farai Chideya

Joan Morgan

Karen R. Goode

Kim Osorio

Lynne D. Johnson

Mimi Valdez

Miranda Jane

N. Jamiyla Chisholm

Nancy Guevara

Raquel Cepeda

Sista Souljah

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mama gave birth to the b-girl. Hip hop couldn’t live and breathe without it’s mothers. these women put it down and laid the foundation for us to exist today. much respect…

Lynn Collins “The Female Preacher” (Most Sampled Woman in Hip-Hop, (Rest In Peace, Queen))
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:uz1uakok5m3n

Sonia Sanchez
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/entertainment/performing_arts/10547128.htm

nikki Giovanni
http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?prmID=176

Millie Jackson
http://www.weirdwreckuds.com/

Maya Angelou
http://www.mayaangelou.com/

Ma Rainey
http://www.redhotjazz.com/rainey.html

Maxine waters
http://www.house.gov/waters/

angela davis
http://humwww.ucsc.edu/HistCon/faculty_davis.htm

Lady B (First female MC to record as a solo rapper, radio host in Philly)
http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/view.php?id=3873

Sylvia Rhone
http://www.theleagueonline.org/ASsrhone.php
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1264/is_11_31/ai_70902525

Debbie Harry (Blondie)
http://www.andwedanced.com/songs/rapture.htm

Teena Marie (“blue-eyed soul” singer from Motown who rapped on her 1980 song “Square Biz”)
http://www.soul-patrol.com/funk/teena.htm
http://www.andwedanced.com/artists/tmarie.htm

Betty Wright (Soul singer who rapped on her 1978 song Tonight is the Night)
http://www.soul-patrol.com/soul/betty.htm

Sylvia Robinson (Founder, Sugar Hill Records)
http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Sylvia%20Robinson.html

Audrey Fuss (Founder of Women’s Studies, Journalist Miranda Jane’s Grandmother)
http://www.csulb.edu/depts/womens-studies/

Josephine Baker
http://www.english.ilstu.edu/351/hypertext98/hankins/african/Baker.html

Nomakosazana (First woman to rap in English and German, 1982)
http://www.jazzrecords.com/tutu/bios/walk_bio_e.htm

Zora Neale Hurston
http://www.english.ilstu.edu/351/hypertext98/hankins/african/Hurston.html

Soujourner Truth
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/truth/1850/1850.html

Kool Lady Blue (managed Rock Steady Crew)

http://www.mrwiggles.biz/hip_hop_timeline.htm

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Music: Listen Up!
Check these links for lists, songs, albums, online radio stations, playlists, and links of Women Hip Hop artists we love and albums we live by and recommend—from local, to national, to international and interplanetary.http://www.wxyc.org/tnf/050303.html